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1000 Rupees Satyamohan Joshi
| Issuer | Nepal Rastra Bank |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | Central motif is a right-facing portrait bust of Satyamohan Joshi in high relief, rendered in a realistic style. Surrounding Devanagari legends identify the subject and commemorate the birth centenary of the archaeological and cultural scholar. The denomination रु. १००० and the Vikram Samvat year २०७६ appear within the legend field. The design is contained within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | वांगमय शताब्दी पुरुष सत्यमोहन जोशी जन्म शताब्दी वर्ष २०७६ रु. १००० (Translation: Archeological and Cultural Expert Satyamohan Joshi Birth Centenary Year 2076 Rs. 1000) |
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Satyamohan Joshi, honored on this issue, was one of Nepal's most remarkable cultural scholars — a linguist, folklorist, and authority on Newari language and classical Nepali literature who lived to 100 years old, born in 1919. Nepal Rastra Bank has a consistent practice of issuing commemorative silver pieces honoring living national figures of exceptional longevity and cultural contribution, and Joshi, still active in his research well into his late nineties, was an obvious candidate.