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1 Tola - Tribhuvan Bir Bikram
| Issuer | Nepal |
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| Year | 1912-1948 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central square frame enclosing the royal legend in Devanagari script, with a circular medallion at its centre bearing a trident (trishula) device flanked by decorative symbols. The name of King Tribhuvan Bir Bikram is inscribed across the four quadrants surrounding the central medallion. Above the square, the honorific 'Sri Sri' appears in the field, while the Vikrama Samvat date is rendered in Nepali numerals below the frame. The entire design is enclosed within a border of raised beads, with small ornamental drop motifs adorning the inner field on either side. |
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| Obverse lettering | श्री श्री त्रिभुवन बीर बिक्रम शमशेर देव |
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The tola was a traditional South Asian unit of mass — roughly the weight of a silver rupee — and Nepal's adoption of it for gold coinage reflects the subcontinent's long practice of anchoring precious metal currency to familiar mercantile weights rather than imposed colonial standards. Tribhuvan's reign was anything but stable: he spent much of it under effective house arrest by the Rana oligarchy, which controlled the state apparatus while the monarchy was reduced to a ceremonial role. The coins issued in his name were, in practical terms, instruments of Rana economic policy.