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50 Paisa - Birendra Bir Bikram
| Issuer | Nepal Rastra Bank |
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| Year | 1971-1982 |
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| Value | 50 Paisa |
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| Obverse script | Devanagari |
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| Reverse description | A central khukuri (kukri dagger) is depicted upright in the field, flanked symmetrically by two garlands descending from above. The denomination in Devanagari script (Pachaas Paisa — Fifty Paisa) appears below the central motif, with the country name Nepal inscribed beneath it, all within a scalloped inner border. The reverse legend in Devanagari, arranged in segments around the outer border, reads the religious invocations to Gorkhananth and Bhavani. The entire design is contained within a segmented outer ring with reeded edge. |
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Nepal's shift to copper-nickel coinage in the early 1970s coincided with a broader decimalization push that had been reorganizing the subcontinent's monetary systems since Indian independence. The 50 Paisa issued under Birendra's reign spans a politically turbulent stretch — he inherited the throne in 1972 following Mahendra's death, ruling under the Panchayat system, a partyless political structure that concentrated power in the crown and was eventually dismantled by popular movement in 1990.
KM#821 runs across multiple years without major variety documentation, though date collectors target the early Bikram Sambat issues for relative scarcity.