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1000 Rupees Guru Nanak
| Issuer | Nepal Rastra Bank |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the arms of Nepal: a stylized shield depicting Mount Everest, flanked by decorative scrollwork and geometric ornamental borders. The Devanagari legend नेपाल (Nepal) appears above the shield, with the denomination characters रु and the Nepali Sambat date २०७६ (2076) flanking the lower portion. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border with small raised dots arranged in a circle around the rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | नेपाल / NEPAL / २०७६ |
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Guru Nanak Dev's 550th birth anniversary in 2019 prompted commemorative issues across South Asia, with India, Pakistan, and Nepal all releasing silver pieces within months of each other — an unusual moment of parallel numismatic acknowledgment across three nations with otherwise competing political interests. Nepal's issue, despite having a comparatively small Sikh population, reflects the country's long tradition of issuing religious commemoratives that extend well beyond its Hindu and Buddhist majorities.