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1 Tola - Surendra Vikrama
| Issuer | Nepal |
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| Year | 1847-1873 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A large stylised eight-petalled lotus flower occupies the entire reverse field, each petal rendered in bold relief and bearing a Devanagari character. A central circular medallion contains further Devanagari inscriptions arranged around a small lotus or floral motif at the centre, with dot clusters in the interstices. The petals radiate outward in a symmetrical pattern, creating a striking mandala-like composition. The whole design is contained within a beaded border consistent with that of the obverse. |
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| Mintage | 1769 (1847) - - 1773 (1851) - - 1774 (1852) - - 1778 (1856) - - 1780 (1858) - - 1786 (1864) - - 1787 (1865) - - 1791 (1869) - - 1793 (1871) - - 1794 (1872) - - 1802 (1873) - - |
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Surendra Vikrama Shah ruled Nepal under conditions of near-total political subordination to the Rana prime ministers, who seized hereditary control of government following Jung Bahadur Rana's 1846 Kot Massacre. The king's name on the coinage was increasingly ceremonial — real fiscal authority rested elsewhere. The tola itself is a traditional South Asian unit of mass standardized by British colonial administration at 11.6638 grams, though Nepalese royal issues frequently ran slightly heavier against that benchmark.