1 Paisa - Rana Bahadur

Rana Bahadur Shah ascended the throne of Nepal as an infant in 1777 following the death of his father Pratap Singh Shah, with the kingdom governed by a succession of regents throughout his minority. His reign was marked by political instability severe enough that he was eventually forced into exile in British India in 1800 — an almost unprecedented humiliation for a Shah monarch. The copper coinage of this period reflects that administrative turbulence; production continuity depended on whoever held effective power at Kathmandu, not the nominal ruler.