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5 Paisa - Mahendra Bir Bikram
| Issuer | Government of Nepal |
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| Year | 1957-1963 |
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| Diameter | 22.5 mm |
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| Obverse script | Devanagari |
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| Reverse script | Devanagari |
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Nepal's decimal coinage system was introduced under Mahendra following his father Tribhuvan's death in 1955, part of a broader administrative reorganization as the new king consolidated power after the effective end of the Rana oligarchy. These bronze paisa pieces circulated alongside older gunjo and dam denominations during a transitional period when multiple coinage systems were still in daily use across the hill districts.
KM#757 spans six years of production across a reign that would end in 1972, well before Nepal's next significant coinage reform under Birendra.