1/2 Mohar - Tribhuvana Bir Bikram

Tribhuvan came to the throne in 1911 at age five, which meant the Rana prime ministers — already the true power in Nepal for decades — continued ruling entirely unchecked behind a child figurehead. Coinage issued under his name during these early years reflects nominal royal authority at its most hollow. The half mohar denomination served active temple economy and bazaar trade in the hills, where smaller silver fractions were the practical currency of daily exchange.

Tribhuvan would eventually matter enormously — his 1950 flight to the Indian embassy in Kathmandu effectively ended Rana domination — but nothing in this early issue anticipates that.