₨100 — One Hundred Rupees
The artwork
Front: Mount Everest fills the left panel, its snow ridges engraved in fine line — the peak that replaced the king's portrait on Nepalese notes after 1990s-era designs gave way to the republic. Centre right, the Nepali text of Nepal Rastra Bank and the promise to pay one hundred rupees, above the Governor's signature. Below, the Ashoka pillar and the line "LUMBINI — THE BIRTH PLACE OF LORD BUDDHA", with a foil oval showing the nativity scene.
Back: A greater one-horned rhinoceros walks left through tall elephant grass, head lowered, the armour-plated hide rendered in dense engraving — the Chitwan animal that has stood on Nepal's hundred-rupee note for decades. "NEPAL RASTRA BANK" runs along a decorated cornice above; below, the bank's circular seal, the value in Devanagari numerals and "RUPEES ONE HUNDRED", with the date 2012 A.D. at the foot. , matthe note's Nepali date वि.सं. २०६९.
In circulation
Dated 2069 in the Nepali era (2012 AD), this belongs to the post-monarchy series in which Mount Everest took the place of the royal portrait. It circulated widely through the 2010s alongside later-dated printings of the same design, before a revised hundred-rupee layout followed. Still legal tender.
Details
- IssuerNepal Rastra Bank (श्री नेपाल राष्ट्र बैंक)
- CurrencyRupee (₨)
- DenominationOne Hundred Rupees
- Collectedon the Nepal journeys, 1993–2014
- SeriesEverest series; dated वि.सं. २०६९ / 2012 A.D.
- SecurityWindowed security thread; foil patch depicting the Buddha's birth at Lumbini; watermark window at right
- SignatureGovernor (गभर्नर), Nepal Rastra Bank