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1 Sho 2/3 Mohar
| Issuer | Kingdom of Nepal |
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| Year | VS 1881 (1824 AD) |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Struck on a distinctive crescent-shaped (annular sector) silver flan characteristic of Nepalese fractional coinage of the early nineteenth century. The obverse field bears two lines of Devanagari legend arranged to follow the arc of the planchet, invoking the royal titulature of King Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah Dev preceded by the auspicious epithet 'Shri 3', together with a second line reading 'Shri Shri Shri Gorakh Nath', a devotional reference to the Shaivite deity Gorakhnath, tutelary god of the Shah dynasty. The characters are rendered in a bold, slightly archaic Devanagari hand typical of hammered Kathmandu mint issues, with decorative dot and floral ornaments filling the interstitial spaces of the curved field. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of this crescent-shaped hammered silver piece displays two lines of Devanagari inscription conforming to the curved form of the flan. The upper legend reads 'Shri Shri Shri Pashupati Nath', a triple invocation of Pashupatinath, the supreme Shaivite deity and divine protector of the Kingdom of Nepal, whose temple in Kathmandu held paramount religious significance for the Shah rulers. Below appears the Vikrama Samvat date '1881' in Devanagari numerals, establishing the year of issue. The engraving is executed in the bold, hand-struck style characteristic of the Kathmandu mint, with dot ornaments punctuating the field. |
| Reverse script | Devanagari |
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