20 Paisa - Birendra Bir Bikram FAO

Issued as part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization coin program, which ran from the late 1960s through the 1980s and recruited dozens of nations to mint circulating commemoratives promoting agricultural development. Nepal participated sporadically in the program under Birendra's reign, with individual issues tied to specific FAO campaigns rather than a sustained series. This particular piece aligned with FAO initiatives focused on food production in South and Southeast Asia during the late 1970s, a period when Nepal was receiving significant foreign development aid aimed at modernizing subsistence farming in the hill districts.