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50 Rupees - Birendra Bir Bikram Radio Nepal
| Issuer | Nepal Rastra Bank |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#1136 |
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| Obverse script | Devanagari / Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central motif consists of the Radio Nepal emblem, depicting a stylised microphone or broadcasting device set within a circular logo inscribed RADIO NEPAL in Latin script on both an upper and lower arc banner. Two laurel or decorative branches flank the central emblem. The denomination रु ५० appears to the left and Rs. 50 to the right of the central device in Devanagari and Latin scripts respectively. The Devanagari legend स्वर्णी महोत्सव (Golden Jubilee) arcs across the upper field, while GOLDEN JUBILEE curves along the lower field in bold Latin lettering, followed by NEPAL and the commemorative dates 1951–2000 A.D. in the exergue. The entire design is bounded by a beaded border. |
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Radio Nepal, founded in 1951 shortly after the end of the Rana oligarchy, was the country's first broadcasting service and carried enormous political weight during Nepal's democratic transition — the monarchy used it as the primary instrument of state communication for decades. This commemorative 50-rupee piece marks the station's expansion into FM broadcasting in the late 1990s, issued under King Birendra during a period of constitutional monarchy that would end violently in the royal massacre of June 2001.