Catalog
2 Rupees - Birendra Bir Bikram Shah
| Issuer | Nepal Rastra Bank |
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| Year | 1981-2001 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 |
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| Signature(s) | Denomination at lower left on front printed on king's chest Line from King's lip extending downward - Kalyan Bikram Adhikari (1979-1984) Denomination at lower left on front shifted left from king's chest without line from King's lip extending downward serial # 24 mm long - Kalyan Bikram Adhikari (1979-1984) without line from King's lip extending downward serial # 24 mm long - Ganesh Bahadur Thapa (1985-1990) without line from King's lip extending downward serial # 24 mm long - Satyendra Pyara Shrestha (1995-2000) without line from King's lip extending downward serial # 24 mm long - Dipendra Purush Dhakal (2000-2001)* * not listed in catalog without line from King's lip extending downward serial # 20 mm long - Ganesh Bahadur Thapa (1985-1990)* * not listed in catalog without line from King's lip extending downward serial # 20 mm long - Hari Shankar Tripathi (1990-1995) |
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Pick 29 ran for two decades under a single design, which forced the Nepal Rastra Bank to distinguish successive issues through subtle positional and typographic shifts rather than new plates — hence the denomination placement migrating off the king's chest and the serial number contracting from 24 mm to 20 mm between signature periods. The line extending from the king's lip, present only on the earliest Adhikari-signed variant, appears to be a plate flaw or ink bleed that was corrected rather than an intentional security feature.
The Dipendra Purush Dhakal signature variant (2000–2001) goes unlisted in the standard catalog, making it one of the more overlooked collectibles in the series.