25 Paisa - Birendra Bir Bikram

Features

Issuer	Nepal
King	Birendra Bir Bikram Shah (1972-2001)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	2028-2039 (1971-1982)
Calendar	Vikram Samvat
Value	25 Paisa 0.25 NPR = USD 0.0016
Currency	Rupee (1932-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight	3.05 g
Diameter	18.5 mm
Thickness	1.75 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Number	N# 4278
References	KM# 815 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes).

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Obverse

Shah dynasty
Trident within center circle

Script: Devanagari

Lettering:
श्री श्री
श्री ५ वीरेन्द्र
वी र
वि क्र
म शाहदे व
२०३०

Reverse

Dagger flanked by garlands from above

Script: Devanagari

Lettering:
श्री श्री श्री गो र ख ना थ
श्री भवानी
पचीस पैसा
नेपाल

Translation:
"Shree Shree Shree Gorkhanath" in segments outside circle
"Shree Bhavani"
"Pachchis Paisa"
"Nepal" in Devanagari within circle

Edge

Reeded

Mints

	Mint Division of the Central Bank of Nepal (Nepal Rashtra Bank, Taksar Mahasakha), Kathmandu, Nepal
	United States Mint of San Francisco, United States (1854-date)

Comments

Varieties exist:
weight: 3.03 - 3.27 g
diameter: 18.05- 19.09 mm
thickness: 1.55 - 2.02 mm (measuring one coin around its rim could give different sizes : 1.82-2.02 or 1.66-1.74 mm!)

Proof issues were minted by the United States mint in San Francisco.

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Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
2028 (1971)	5 691							२०२८	3%
2029 (1972)	3 943							२०२९ - Proof; Minted in 1973	1.7%
2030 (1973)	8 676 000		$ 0.29	$ 0.52	$ 0.64			२०३०	27%
2030 (1973)	8 891						$ 1.20	२०३० - Proof; Minted in 1974	2%
2031 (1974)	1 172 000		$ 0.29	$ 0.40	$ 1.20			२०३१	8%
2031 (1974)	10 543						$ 1.40	२०३१ - Proof; Minted in 1975	3%
2032 (1975)	4 584 000			$ 0.78	$ 0.78			२०३२	10%
2033 (1976)	1 837 000		$ 0.35	$ 0.68	$ 1.20			२०३३	8%
2034 (1977)	3 808 000	$ 0.52	$ 0.52	$ 0.57	$ 0.64			२०३४	17%
2035 (1978)	5 964 000		$ 0.35	$ 0.61				२०३५	12%
2036 (1979)			$ 0.57	$ 0.63	$ 0.63	$ 0.78	$ 1.30	२०३६	19%
2037 (1980)	2 047 000							२०३७	5%
2038 (1981)	1 580 000		$ 0.42	$ 0.52	$ 1.20	$ 1.30	$ 1.40	२०३८	21%
2039 (1982)	7 185 000			$ 1.40	$ 1.40			२०३९	8%

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