Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah came to the throne as an infant in 1799, and real power during his reign rested entirely with his mother, Queen Lalita Tripura Sundari, serving as regent. The fractional mohar series issued under his name continued the Gorkhali silver coinage system consolidated by Prithvi Narayan Shah in the previous generation. The one-eighth denomination was the smallest practical silver unit in everyday Nepalese commerce of the period.
At 0.65 grams, these pieces were struck on irregular hand-cut flans, and centering is almost never complete — a known characteristic of Nepalese tachhe-style production rather than a strike deficiency.
Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah came to the throne as an infant in 1799, and real power during his reign rested entirely with his mother, Queen Lalita Tripura Sundari, serving as regent. The fractional mohar series issued under his name continued the Gorkhali silver coinage system consolidated by Prithvi Narayan Shah in the previous generation. The one-eighth denomination was the smallest practical silver unit in everyday Nepalese commerce of the period.
At 0.65 grams, these pieces were struck on irregular hand-cut flans, and centering is almost never complete — a known characteristic of Nepalese tachhe-style production rather than a strike deficiency.