25 Paisa - Birendra Bir Bikram small type

Nepal's 25 paisa denominations effectively ceased to function as meaningful currency well before this series ended in 2000, with rampant inflation having eroded their purchasing power to near zero. The aluminium composition — adopted precisely because the metal cost less than the coin's face value — was itself a concession to that reality. The KM#1015.2 designation distinguishes this reduced small type from the earlier 1015.1 strikes, the difference lying in the size of the lettering on the coin's face.