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2 Paisa - Surendra Vikrama
| Issuer | Nepal |
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| Year | 1865-1880 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Central rectangular cartouche containing a four-line Devanagari legend invoking the royal name and Saka Era date. The cartouche is surmounted by a decorative floral or lotus finial motif at the top, with ornamental scrollwork flanking the sides of the panel. The Saka Era regnal year appears in Devanagari numerals along the lower border of the cartouche. The coin's broad flan exhibits a scalloped or lobed rim characteristic of Nepalese copper coinage of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Surendra Bikram Shah's reign saw Nepal's copper coinage issued under a dam-paisa system rooted in older Newar weight conventions, with the paisa denominations produced at the Kathmandu mint in quantities that fluctuated sharply depending on trade demand from the Terai lowlands. The 1865–1880 window corresponds to a period of tightening British Residency influence over Rana-controlled court finances, though coin production itself remained nominally under royal authority.
KM#592 specimens that circulated into the hill trade routes typically show heavy granular wear on the flat fields specific to this type's shallow die depth.