10 Rupees

Nepal Rastra Bank was established in 1956, but early note production remained dependent on foreign printers for well over a decade. Thomas De La Rue handled this series, as they did much of Nepal's output through the 1960s — a practical arrangement for a central bank still building institutional infrastructure, though it meant design control and plate security sat entirely in London.

Pick 14 spans a three-year issue window, and serial number prefixes can help narrow individual examples within that range. The watermark is the sole security feature, which was unremarkable for the period but left the series relatively vulnerable to counterfeiting by regional standards.