₨100 — One Hundred Rupees
The artwork
Front: King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev in the plumed Shripech, the royal crown with its spray of bird-of-paradise feathers, worn over spectacles and a decorated uniform tunic. Behind him a Himalayan skyline; to the right a multi-tiered pagoda temple of the Kathmandu Valley on its stepped plinth, framed by a carved torana. The Nepali legends read श्री नेपाल राष्ट्र बैंक and रूपैयाँ एक शय, with the guarantee of His Majesty's Government above.
Back: A greater one-horned rhinoceros, the Chitwan animal, walking through tall elephant grass — a long-standing motif on Nepali hundreds. Top right, the old royal coat of arms with crossed khukuri and kirti, mountains, cow and Gurkha supporters. Lower left, the Nepal Rastra Bank seal with Garuda; the value appears as १०० in Devanagari, as 100, and spelled out in English as RUPEES ONE HUNDRED.
In circulation
The crowned-portrait hundred belongs to the royal issues of the 1980s and 1990s, printed in quantity and heavily used. Later hundreds moved the king into a Nepali dhaka topi, and after the monarchy ended the portrait was dropped altogether in favour of Mount Everest, leaving the rhinoceros on the back.
Details
- IssuerNepal Rastra Bank (श्री नेपाल राष्ट्र बैंक)
- CurrencyRupee (₨)
- DenominationOne Hundred Rupees
- Collectedon the Nepal journeys, 1993–2014
- SeriesKing Birendra in the plumed royal crown; rhinoceros reverse
- SecurityPrinted guarantee of His Majesty's Government — श्री ५ को सरकारको जमानत प्राप्त
- SignatureGovernor (गभर्नर), single signature at centre