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1 Rupee - Tribhuvana Bir Bikram equal denticles
| Issuer | Government of Nepal |
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| Year | 1953-1954 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1932-date) |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing effigy of King Tribhuvan Bir Bikram Shah Dev set against a multi-pointed star radiating from behind the portrait. The king is depicted bare-headed in a plain truncation, rendered in a restrained relief style. Devanagari inscriptions reading the royal name and titles are arranged around the effigy, divided into four quadrants between the star's points. A border of equal denticles frames the entire design. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Nepal's first copper-nickel rupee came out of the early years of Tribhuvan's restored rule, following the 1951 revolution that ended a century of Rana oligarchy and returned executive power — at least nominally — to the crown. The "equal denticles" designation distinguishes this type from a related variety where the denticle spacing on the obverse and reverse rims differs, a byproduct of die preparation inconsistencies at the India Government Mint in Calcutta, which struck these on Nepal's behalf.