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1 Duitola Asarphi - Tribhuvana Bir Bikram
| Issuer | Nepal Government Mint |
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| Year | 1948 |
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| Weight | 23.2 g |
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| Obverse description | Central square frame enclosing Devanagari legend reading the name of King Tribhuvana Bir Bikram, with a stylised lotus or conch motif in a circular medallion at the centre. Flanking the square panel are floral and dotted ornaments in the field. The Nepalese Sambat date 2004 appears below the central square in large Devanagari numerals. The entire design is surrounded by a finely beaded border. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The Tribhuvana Bir Bikram gold asarphi series was struck during a period when Nepal's currency system was undergoing gradual formalization, though the country's mint still operated with considerable independence from international monetary norms. King Tribhuvan himself would go on to play a central role in ending Rana oligarchic rule in 1951 — just three years after this piece was struck — when he sought asylum in the Indian embassy in Kathmandu and helped engineer the political transition that restored royal authority.
KM#728 is the heaviest standard gold issue of the series at this denomination, the duitola asarphi weight standard deriving from the traditional tola measurement still used in South Asian gold markets today.