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10 Paisa - Tribhuvana Bir Bikram
| Issuer | Nepal |
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| Year | 1953-1955 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | A rising sun with radiating rays emerges from behind three stylised hills at centre, all enclosed within two upward-curving grain sprigs that form an open wreath. A Devanagari legend arcs across the upper field, reading the royal honorific inscription of King Tribhuvan. The Vikrama Samvat date appears in Devanagari numerals along the lower field beneath the wreath. |
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| Obverse lettering | श्री नेपाल सरकार २०११ |
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Tribhuvan's return from self-imposed exile in India in 1951 — engineered with direct assistance from the Indian government and effectively ending over a century of Rana oligarchic rule — triggered an immediate need to reestablish royal coinage. These bronze paisa issues were among the first circulating coins of the new dispensation, produced as the palace worked to reassert sovereign authority over institutions the Ranas had monopolized for generations. Tribhuvan died in March 1955, cutting the series short.