1 Paisa - Tribhuvana Bir Bikram

Nepal's paisa coinage of this period sits at the intersection of two monetary systems — the traditional Nepalese reckoning and increasing pressure from British Indian currency conventions filtering across the border. Tribhuvana's reign was anything but stable: he spent much of it under effective house arrest by the Rana oligarchy, which held actual administrative control of the kingdom. The coins issued in his name during these years reflect a government he barely ran.

The shift to brass for this type reflects wartime metal constraints affecting South Asian mints broadly through the mid-1940s.