New thousand rupee notes feature twin elephants Ram and Laxman

Nepal Rastra Bank has circulated new 1,000 rupee notes from symbol number Ja/ 68 000001 to Ta/ 100 999999 from today (Shrawan7, 2077).

Instead of the previous illustration of an elephant, the new notes will feature rare twin elephants by the name Ram and Laxman. The notes will be of the same size and color as before.

These are the specifics:

Front

• Illustration of Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) on the left side.
• 4mm wide security string with 1000 imprinted amount.
• See Through Register on the right with 1000 imprinted amount in English.
• Watermark of a rhododendron flower and 1000 amount in English on the right.
• Roman letter M on the lower right for the visually impaired.
• Signature of current Governor Dr. Chiranjibi Nepal.
• Series number (B.S. 2076 in Nepali) at the lower section.

Back

• NEPAL RASTRA BANK written at the top.
• See Through Register on the left with 1000 imprinted amount in English.
• Illustration of twin elephants Ram and Laxman at the center, offspring of Devikali, a female elephant kept in habitat in Chitwan by the government of Nepal.
• RUPEES ONE THOUSAND written on the right.
• Series number (2019 AD in English) at the lower section.