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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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| Value | 500 Rupees |
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| Obverse script | Devanagari |
| Obverse lettering | श्री श्री श्री५ बीरेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह देव २०४८ |
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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.