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500 Rupees
| Issuer | Nepal Rastra Bank |
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| Year | 2016-2020 |
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| Size | 160 × 70 mm |
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| Reverse lettering | NEPAL RASTRA BANK RUPEES FIVE HUNDRED नेपाल राष्ट्र बैंक असतोमा सद्गमय। काठमाडौं नेपाल |
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| Protection description | Rhododendron flower watermark visible in the dedicated window at right on the obverse; embedded security thread running vertically through the note. |
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| Comments |
Perum Peruri — Indonesia's state security printer — has supplied Nepalese banknotes across multiple series, an arrangement that reflects both cost and regional printing capacity rather than any political alignment. The 500 Rupee denomination in this series (P#81) carries a security thread and watermark but notably lacks the more sophisticated polymer or holographic elements that appeared on some contemporaneous high-value South Asian issues, a deliberate choice given Nepal's cash infrastructure at the time.
The 2016–2020 date range spans the period immediately following Nepal's devastating 2015 earthquakes and the subsequent economic disruption caused by the India-imposed blockade, during which physical currency supply and distribution faced genuine logistical strain.