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5 Paisa - Birendra Bir Bikram FAO
| Issuer | Nepal Rastra Bank |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1932-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the numeral '5' in Devanagari script above the denomination inscription 'पैसा' (Paisa). The upper periphery bears the royal legend in Devanagari script reading the name and title of King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah, while the lower periphery carries the country name 'नेपाल' (Nepal) flanked by the Vikram Samvat date '२०३१' (2031). |
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| Obverse lettering | श्री ५ बीरेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाहदेव नेपाल २०३१ पैसा |
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This piece was struck as part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization coin program, a global initiative launched in 1968 that pressured member nations to issue commemorative circulation coinage promoting food production and agricultural development. Nepal's participation reflected the FAO's particular focus on South Asian food security during the early 1970s, a period when the subcontinent was still absorbing the aftershocks of the 1971 war and its refugee crisis. Birendra had ascended to the throne just the previous year following Mahendra's death in January 1972.