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1 Paisa - Prithvi Bir Bikram
| Issuer | Nepal |
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| Year | 1945-1948 |
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| Currency | Mohar (1546-1932) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a pair of stylized footprints (Vishnu Pada) depicted above two crossed khukris, all rendered in low relief within an ornate beaded inner border. The surrounding field is filled with Devanagari inscriptions arranged in registers above and below the central device. The overall design reflects the traditional Nepalese royal coin style of the late Rana period. |
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| Reverse script | Devanagari |
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Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah died in 1911, but Nepal continued issuing coins in his name for decades afterward — a consequence of the Rana oligarchy's practice of maintaining the reigning Shah king as a largely ceremonial figurehead while the hereditary Prime Ministers held actual power. Coins bearing his name and era persisted well past his death, meaning this 1945–1948 issue was struck under Juddha Shumsher Rana and then Padma Shumsher Rana, neither of whom appeared on the coinage at all.