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2 Paisa - Mahendra Bir Bikram
| Issuer | Nepal |
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| Year | 1966-1971 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1932-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central depiction of the Himalayan Monal pheasant (Lophophorus impejanus), the national bird of Nepal, shown in profile within the field. The legend 'Shri Bhavani' appears in Devanagari script above the bird, invoking the goddess Bhavani as a royal symbol. The denomination '2 Dui Paisa' is inscribed in Devanagari numerals and text below the central device. |
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| Mintage | 2023 (1966) - २०२३ - 2024 (1967) - २०२४ - 2025 (1968) - २०२५ - 2026 (1969) - २०२६ - 2027 (1970) - २०२७ - 2027 (1970) - २०२७; Proof - 2,187 2028 (1971) - २०२८ - 2028 (1971) - २०२८; Proof; Minted in 1972 - 2,380 |
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Mahendra Bir Bikram reigned as an absolute monarch after dissolving Nepal's elected government in 1960, imprisoning Prime Minister B.P. Koirala, and banning political parties — a system he formalized as the partyless Panchayat democracy. Coins issued under his name throughout the 1960s were instruments of a state actively suppressing the parliamentary movement that had only existed for a decade.
KM#753 in aluminium replaced an earlier bronze issue as part of a broader metrication push aligning Nepal's coinage with decimal denominations.