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2 Rupees - Birendra Bir Bikram FAO

Issuer Government of Nepal
Year 1981
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Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
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Reverse script Devanagari/Latin
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Edge Plain
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Struck as part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization coin program, which ran from the late 1960s through the 1980s and enlisted dozens of developing nations to issue themed coinage promoting agricultural self-sufficiency. Nepal's participation reflected Birendra's government actively courting international development partnerships during a period when the country was heavily dependent on foreign aid. The FAO program was less a monetary initiative than a publicity exercise — most issues were struck in limited quantities and absorbed by collectors rather than circulation.

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