2 Paisa - Birendra Bir Bikram

Nepal's small aluminum fractional coins of the 1970s were issued under the Nepal Rastra Bank, which had only been established in 1956 to replace the centuries-old system managed by the Kathmandu merchant bankers known as the Naksa. Birendra ascended to the throne in January 1972 following the death of Mahendra, meaning early pieces in this run were struck under his father's reign and later ones under his own — a transition the date range straddles without ceremony.