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1000 Rupees Lalitpur Chamber of Commerce
| Issuer | Nepal Rastra Bank |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Value | 1000 Rupees |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the emblem of the Lalitpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry, depicting a balance scale within a star-shaped frame surmounted by a pagoda finial, with a decorative banner below bearing Devanagari inscriptions noting the anniversary dates 2033 and 2092 (Bikram Sambat). Devanagari legends arc around the upper left and right, reading 'Lalitpur Banijya Sandesh' (Lalitpur Chamber of Commerce). The denomination 'Rs. 1000' is inscribed in the lower central field in Devanagari numerals, flanked by the Bikram Sambat year '2074' at lower left and 'Nepal' in Devanagari at lower right. A border of raised dots encircles the entire design. |
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| Obverse lettering | ललितपुर बाणिज्य संघ • रु. १००० • वि.सं. २०७४ • नेपाल • २०३३ • स्वर्ण महोत्सव • २०९२ |
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The Lalitpur Chamber of Commerce, one of Nepal's oldest organized trade bodies, is rooted in the mercantile history of Patan — a city whose craftsmen and merchants were trading across the Himalayan passes into Tibet centuries before modern banking existed. Nepal Rastra Bank has issued a growing series of silver commemoratives tied to regional commercial institutions, partly as a soft-diplomacy exercise in acknowledging economic actors outside Kathmandu's administrative center.
Patan's historic role as a hub for metalwork export gives this particular issue an unintentional resonance — the silver itself echoes a commodity the city's artisans shaped for generations.