Catalog
500 Rupees
| Issuer | Nepal Rastra Bank |
|---|---|
| Year | 2007-2010 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Vignette of Mt. Everest at left, with Ama Dablam peak and Tengboche monastery occupying the central field, set against a fine guilloche underprint. A wide segmented foil-covered security strip runs vertically through the note. Inscriptions in Devanagari script appear alongside the denomination and issuing authority. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | रुपैयाँ पाँच सय RUPEES FIVE HUNDRED नेपाल राष्ट्र बैंक असतोमा सद्गमय काठमाडौं नेपाल |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Nepal's 500 Rupee notes of this series were issued under the amended Nepal Rastra Bank Act of 2002, which formally severed the central bank's operational ties to the palace — a significant shift in a country that abolished its monarchy entirely in 2008 when the 240-year-old Shah dynasty was voted out by the Constituent Assembly. Notes issued across this window therefore straddle that transition, though the series itself continued without interruption or reissue to mark the change of state.
Pick 66 is sometimes confused with the near-contemporary P#65 due to overlapping issue years and similar format.