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4 Paisa
| Issuer | Nepal |
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| Year | 1800-1880 |
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| Thickness | 8 mm |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a similarly degraded and stylised inscription filling the entire field, consistent in character and execution with the obverse. The legends, though of apparent Arabic derivation, are rendered in a highly conventionalised and illegible form, typical of the crude copper issues produced in Nepal during the nineteenth century. The flan surface shows pronounced casting porosity and irregular edges, with no discernible border or decorative elements. Heavy patination and surface corrosion further obscure any remaining detail. |
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Nepal's copper coinage of this period was produced at the Kathmandu mint under the Shah dynasty, a system that operated with minimal standardization — weight and alloy consistency varied considerably from one striking to the next, which is precisely why the copper/iron composition of individual survivors differs enough to warrant separate catalog references. The RGV series remains the primary reference for these issues precisely because Western numismatic literature largely ignored Nepalese copper until the late twentieth century.