2 Tola - Prithvi Bir Bikram

The 2 Tola denomination was a distinctly South Asian weight-based unit — one tola equaling the weight of a silver rupee, roughly 11.66 grams — which Nepal retained in its gold coinage long after most regional powers had rationalized toward metric or British imperial standards. Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah died in 1911, the same year this piece was struck, making it a terminal-year issue of his reign. He had ruled since 1881 under effective Rana oligarchy control, with Prime Minister Chandra Shumsher holding actual administrative authority.