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50 Rupees - Birendra Bir Bikram Red Panda
| Issuer | Nepal Rastra Bank |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Value | 50 Rupees |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust of King Birendra Bir Bikram wearing the traditional Nepalese jewelled crown (Plumed Crown) and eyeglasses, with an ornate ceremonial collar visible at the truncation. A curved Devanagari legend reading the king's name and title arcs around the upper field, while the country name 'नेपाल' and the Nepalese Sambat year '२०३१' appear in the lower field. |
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| Reverse script | Devanagari |
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Issued to mark Nepal's admission to CITES — the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species — this coin was part of a broader WWF-aligned conservation coinage trend that swept through smaller nations during the early 1970s. The red panda, native to Nepal's eastern hill forests, was already under serious pressure from habitat loss and the illegal pet trade when this piece was struck. Nepal was among the first Asian signatories to CITES, ratifying in 1975, making this issue something of a premature celebration — struck the year before the treaty formally bound the country.