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50 Paisa - Birendra Bir Bikram FAO
| Issuer | Government of Nepal |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Value | 50 Paisa |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | 2038 (1981) - (fr) २०३८ - 2,000,000 |
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Issued as part of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization coin program, which ran through the 1970s and into the 1980s and recruited dozens of developing-world mints to produce circulating commemoratives tied to food security campaigns. Nepal's participation reflected Birendra's government aligning itself with international development priorities during a period when the country was heavily dependent on foreign aid and agricultural reform programs. The FAO series as a whole was more politically symbolic than practically effective — circulation was uneven and public awareness of the program's aims minimal in most issuing countries.