Catalog
2 Paisa - Surendra Vikrama
| Issuer | Nepal |
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| Year | 1865-1880 |
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| Currency | Mohar (1546-1932) |
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| Reverse description | Central rectangular cartouche enclosing a three-line Devanagari legend reading 'Sri Sri Sri Nepal Sarkar' (Government of Nepal), arranged in horizontal registers within the panel. A decorative floral rosette motif surmounts the cartouche at the top, mirroring the obverse design, with scrolling foliate ornaments adorning the lower border of the frame. The broad flan displays the same lobed or scalloped rim treatment as the obverse, consistent with hand-struck Nepalese copper issues of the Surendra Vikrama reign. |
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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.