5 Rupees

5 Rupees - obverse5 Rupees - reverse

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Features

Issuer Nepal
Issuing bank Nepal Rastra Bank (नेपाल राष्ट्र बैंक)
King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah (2001-2008)
Type Standard banknote
Years 2004-2006
Value 5 Rupees
5 NPR = USD 0.037
Currency Rupee (1932-date)
Composition Paper
Size 120 × 70 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
204633
References P# 53
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva wearing Royal Crown / Taleju Temple - Kathmandu; Nepalese gold coin of 1 Asarfi over watermark area

Reverse

Two wild yaks grazing (Bos grunniens), View of Mount Everest from the village of Gokyo, the highest city in the world / Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Nepal on the right, Bank of Nepal logo over the watermark.

Watermark

King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva wearing Royal Crown

5 Rupees -  obverse

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Printer

Perum Peruri, Karawang, Indonesia (1971-date)

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© gyoschak

Two varieties of this note, a black head (P# 46) and a red head (this note).

Varieties b and c of this note both have signature #16 (Bijay Nath Bhattarai). The first line of small text at the top-center of the front is what differentiates the two. On variety b the text is श्री ५ को (Shri Panch Ko, referring to the King) , whereas on variety c is नेपाल सरकारको (Nepal Sarakarko, referring to Government of Nepal).



Signature Bijaya Nath Bhattarai P53

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Date No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (2004-2005)  7 450 000 $ 0.48 $ 1.10 35% 53a Signature #15 Tilak Bahadur Rawal
ND (2005)  42 000 000 $ 0.91 49% 53b Signature #16 Bijay Nath Bhattarai top line center text श्री ५ को
ND (2006)  100 000 000 $ 1.10 22% 53c Signature #16 Bijay Nath Bhattarai top line center text नेपाल सरकारको

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