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50 Paisa - Birendra Bir Bikram
| Issuer | Nepal Rastra Bank |
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| Year | 1987-1992 |
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| Thickness | 1.55 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the traditional Nepalese royal cipher arranged within a stylised geometric panel divided into six compartments, inscribed with the royal name and titles of King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev in Devanagari script. The Bikram Sambat regnal date appears at the base of the central panel. Flanking the central device are symbolic royal emblems including a crescent, a flower, a dagger, and a diamond shape, all set within an ornate cartouche. An outer border of raised dots encircles the entire design. The triple honorific 'Shri Shri Shri' appears at the top of the field above the royal panel. |
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| Reverse script | Devanagari |
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Nepal transitioned its subsidiary coinage to stainless steel during the late 1980s as part of a broader effort to reduce minting costs following chronic losses on cupronickel production. The 50 Paisa issues of this period fall squarely within Birendra's reign, a king whose authority rested on the Panchayat system — the partyless political structure his father Mahendra had imposed in 1960. By 1990, street protests forced Birendra to abandon it entirely, restoring multiparty democracy and fundamentally altering the constitutional basis under which these coins were issued.
KM#1018 pieces dated to 1990 and after were struck under a monarchy operating in a rapidly different political arrangement than those dated just two years earlier.