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25 Paisa - Mahendra Bir Bikram
| Issuer | Government of Nepal |
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| Year | 1967-1973 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a stylised yantra (tantric geometric diagram) composed of interlocking squares and a central circle, within which a trident (trishula) is prominently displayed. The syllables of the royal name and epithet — Shree Shree Shree 5 Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev — are distributed in Devanagari script across the compartments of the yantra. Symbolic religious motifs including lotus buds, a conch shell, and a ceremonial fly-whisk occupy the four cardinal projections of the design. The Bikram Sambat regnal year appears in Devanagari numerals at the base of the yantra. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Devanagari |
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Nepal's 25 paisa coinage of this period falls within Mahendra's aggressive modernization program, during which he dissolved the elected parliament in 1960, imprisoned Prime Minister B.P. Koirala, and ruled by royal decree until his death in 1972. The coins circulated under a partyless political system called the Panchayat, which Mahendra designed specifically to concentrate power within the crown.
Birendra succeeded his father in January 1972, making the final year of this issue — 1973 — the first struck under the new king, though the dies continued bearing Mahendra's name through the transition.