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500 Rupees - Birendra Bir Bikram Ski Jumping
| Issuer | Nepal Rastra Bank |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1932-date) |
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| Obverse description | Traditional Nepalese tantric yantra design occupying the central field, composed of an interlocking geometric framework of squares and decorative cartouches. The royal name and titles of King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev are inscribed in Devanagari script within the compartments of the central panel. Auspicious Hindu symbols flank the design, including a conch shell, lotus flower, sun disc, and trident emblem at centre. The Vikram Samvat date 2048 appears in Devanagari numerals at the base, with the honorific legend Sri Sri reading along the upper arc within a beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Nepal has no ski jumping tradition, no alpine infrastructure, and sits entirely outside the Olympic winter sports circuit it was commemorating. This coin was produced for the collector export market — a pattern common among Himalayan and developing-nation mints through the late 1980s and 1990s, where foreign distributors essentially commissioned designs tied to international events with no domestic relevance whatsoever. The revenue went to the issuing bank; the coins went abroad.
KM#1071 is one of several Nepal Rastra Bank issues from this period sharing the same 31.47g .925 silver specification, all aimed at the same Western numismatic buyers.