Nepal, 2020
20Rupee
Nepal Twenty Rupees Banknote
- Country
- Nepal
- Issuer
- Nepal Rastra Bank
- Issue year
- 2020
- Type
- Horizontal note
- Material
- Paper
- Size
- 139 × 70 mm
- Signature
- Chiranjibi Nepal
- Serial
- ठ/१८ ५ २ १ ६ २ १
Currency Information
The story
After the monarchy ended in 2008, Nepal Rastra Bank launched a series that replaced royal imagery with Nepal’s natural beauty and cultural heritage, which explains the mountain and wildlife. The front combines Mount Everest, called Sagarmatha in Nepal, with the Krishna Mandir, a stone temple in Patan Durbar Square from the 17th century, and a Garuda statue on a pillar facing it. The back shows deer walking beneath Himalayan peaks, but sources disagree on the species: some catalogues list the animal as a sambar deer (Cervus unicolor), while Wikipedia describes swamp deer (barasingha). The note carries Governor Chiranjibi Nepal’s signature, and the rhododendron watermark honours the national flower.
Front
Mount Everest (Sagarmatha) at left, Krishna Mandir of Patan Durbar Square, stone pillar with a Garuda statue, circular old-coin-style emblem at top right, Governor’s signature with the caption "गभर्नर", Devanagari texts "श्री नेपाल राष्ट्र बैंक", the guarantee line "नेपाल सरकारको जमानत प्राप्त…", "रुपैयाँ बिस", "तुरुन्त पाइने छ।", date "वि.सं. २०७६", ornamental scroll border, blank watermark window at right.
Back
Two male deer with branching antlers walking through grass, Himalayan peaks and trees in the background, Nepal Rastra Bank emblem at top centre (with Garuda-like figure and a Sanskrit line), text “NEPAL RASTRA BANK”, “RUPEES TWENTY”, “2020 A.D.”, ornamental scroll border, blank watermark window at left.
Watermark
rhododendron flower (national flower of Nepal)
