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1/8 Mohar - Rajendra Vikrama
| Issuer | Nepal |
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| Year | 1816-1847 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#556 |
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| Obverse script | Devanagari |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays the Devanagari legend reading 'Vikrama Sha Ha Deva', arranged in a cruciform pattern characteristic of Nepalese hammered silver issues of the Shah dynasty. The bold raised characters fill the flan in a compact, multi-directional layout. The design is enclosed within a beaded circular border consistent with the obverse. |
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Rajendra Vikrama was deposed in 1847 by Jung Bahadur Rana, the general whose coup effectively ended royal authority in Nepal for over a century, reducing the Shah kings to figureheads. Coins struck under Rajendra's name therefore span a reign that ended not by death but by forced abdication under armed pressure.
The 1/8 mohar fraction served the fine transactions of the hill trade economy, where Indian and Tibetan merchants both operated on small silver increments.