Nepal's aluminium small-denomination coinage of this period was struck at the Royal Mint in Llantrisant, Wales — a detail that surprises collectors unfamiliar with Nepal's longstanding arrangement to source struck coinage from British facilities. Domestic minting capacity at the Kathmandu facility was limited for aluminium issues of this size.
Nepal's aluminium small-denomination coinage of this period was struck at the Royal Mint in Llantrisant, Wales — a detail that surprises collectors unfamiliar with Nepal's longstanding arrangement to source struck coinage from British facilities. Domestic minting capacity at the Kathmandu facility was limited for aluminium issues of this size.