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10 Rupees - Mahendra Bir Bikram FAO
| Issuer | Nepal |
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| Year | 1968 |
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| Value | 10 Rupees (10 NPR) |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing draped bust of King Mahendra Bir Bikram wearing the traditional Nepalese crown (dhaka topi) with an elaborate plume extending to the right. A circular Devanagari legend surrounds the effigy, reading the king's full royal title. At the bottom of the field, the inscription in Devanagari reads 'Nepal' followed by the Vikram Samvat date 2025. |
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| Mintage | 2025 (1968) - - 1,000,000 |
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Issued as part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization's coin program, which ran through the late 1960s and 1970s and recruited dozens of nations to mint commemorative pieces promoting agricultural development. Nepal's participation came during the reign of King Mahendra Bir Bikram, whose government had been steering a course of calculated non-alignment since his 1960 royal coup dissolved the elected parliament and banned political parties. The FAO program gave smaller issuing authorities a low-cost route to international numismatic visibility — most participating nations struck modest mintages aimed squarely at collector markets rather than circulation.