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250 Rupees - Gyanendra Bir Bikram Social Service
| Issuer | Government of Nepal |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1932-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central design features a traditional Nepalese tantric yantra (ritual geometric diagram) rendered as a square grid subdivided into nine compartments, with a trident symbol (trishula) at its centre within a circle. The royal legend in Devanagari script identifies King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, distributed across the compartments of the yantra, reading 'Shri Shri Shri Shri 5 Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev.' Decorative motifs including a sun, a conch shell, a lotus bud, and a hand surround the yantra within curved ornamental brackets. The Bikram Sambat date '2061' appears at the base of the design. The entire composition is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse lettering | आत्म शान्ति मन, वचन र कर्मले NEPAL रु २५० सामाजिक सेवा दिनसको रजत महोत्सव-२०६१ |
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Gyanendra's reign was politically turbulent from the start — he assumed the throne in 2001 following the royal massacre that killed nine members of the royal family, including King Birendra. This commemorative was issued during a period when Gyanendra was consolidating power, culminating in his February 2005 seizure of direct rule by dismissing the government and suspending civil liberties. The "Social Service" theme sits awkwardly against that backdrop.
KM#1160 is among the last Nepalese commemoratives to carry the Shah dynasty's royal cipher before the monarchy's abolition in 2008.