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25 Paisa - Mahendra Bir Bikram
| Issuer | Government of Nepal |
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| Year | 1967-1973 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field depicts a upright khukuri (Gurkha knife) flanked symmetrically by two rhododendron branches bearing blossoms and foliage, all set within a plain inner circle. The denomination 'Pachis Paisa' (Twenty-Five Paisa) and the issuing authority 'Nepal' are inscribed in Devanagari script below the central device within the inner circle. Surrounding the inner circle is a scalloped decorative border divided into segments, each containing a syllable of the legend 'Shree Shree Shree Gorkhanath Shree Bhavani' in Devanagari script. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded outer border. |
| Reverse script | Devanagari |
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Nepal's 25 paisa coinage of this period falls within Mahendra's aggressive modernization program, during which he dissolved the elected parliament in 1960, imprisoned Prime Minister B.P. Koirala, and ruled by royal decree until his death in 1972. The coins circulated under a partyless political system called the Panchayat, which Mahendra designed specifically to concentrate power within the crown.
Birendra succeeded his father in January 1972, making the final year of this issue — 1973 — the first struck under the new king, though the dies continued bearing Mahendra's name through the transition.