Nepal, 4 Paisa, 1955 - The "bullet Coin"

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nalaberong Pillar of the Community Canada 2805 Posts	Posted 12/18/2014 12:40 am During (or after) wartime, many coins are made out of brass from melted bullets. However, this may be the only coin in the world (or so it's said) to have been made out of actual single bullet cartridges. My gun knowledge is exceedingly poor, but apparently the hole in the middle comes from the removal of the bit that made the bullet actually fire. So, I was very happy to get this in the mail today from Kathmandu. The story is that it was struck out of the bullet cartridges used by the famous Nepali Gurkha soldiers who fought against the Japanese in World War II, and the crudeness of the metal and irregularity of the central hole seems to back this up. The design is extremely simple, just reading "4 Paisa", "1955" (2012 in the local, back-to-the-future Nepali calendar), and "The Nepal Government" in Nepali - it's the composition and story behind this coin that make it so interesting. Does anyone know more about it? Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21621 Posts	Posted 12/18/2014 01:17 am The coins were made from the base of brass cartridge casings, the hole formed by the removal of the central primer. Not actually turning swords into ploughshares, but cartridges into coins. Nuclear disarmament would be a more sophisticated form of this. Turning guns into butter is a more difficult thing to do, but many lives could be saved if more of society approved. Report this Post to the Staff
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Nepal, 4 Paisa, 1955 - The "Bullet Coin"