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5 Paisa - Mahendra Bir Bikram
| Issuer | Nepal |
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| Year | 1964 |
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| Currency | Rupee (1932-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central trident (trishul) flanked by a crescent moon to the left and a sun symbol to the right, all within the field. The Devanagari legend reads 'Shri 5 Mahendra Veer Vikram Shahdev' around the upper portion, with 'Nepal' and the Bikram Sambat date 2021 inscribed below. |
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| Reverse script | Devanagari |
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Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah assumed direct control of the Nepalese government in 1960 after dismissing the elected cabinet and imprisoning Prime Minister B.P. Koirala — ending Nepal's brief experiment with multiparty democracy. Coins bearing his name from this period were issued under an absolute monarchy that had effectively suspended the constitution. KM#758 belongs to that consolidation era, when royal authority over all state institutions, including the mint, was total.