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1 Mohar - Pratap Malla
| Issuer | Kathmandu Kingdom |
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| Year | 1641 |
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| Value | 1 Mohar |
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| Obverse description | Central square cartouche bearing Devanagari inscriptions arranged in a grid-like pattern, with additional legends filling the four cardinal panels surrounding the central frame. The entire design is enclosed within a plain inner circle and a bold outer beaded border. The Devanagari characters are rendered in a bold, angular hammered style characteristic of 17th-century Newar coinage of the Kathmandu Valley. |
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| Reverse lettering | श्री श्री श्री श्री |
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Pratap Malla ruled Kathmandu from 1641 to 1674 and was among the most culturally ambitious kings of the Malla dynasty — a prolific builder, poet, and patron who conducted relations with Mughal, Tibetan, and Chinese courts simultaneously. The mohar was the standard silver currency of the Kathmandu Valley kingdoms, and competing mints in Patan and Bhaktapur issued their own versions, making attribution to the correct kingdom essential and occasionally contentious among specialists.
KM#163 represents Pratap Malla's earliest coinage, from his accession year.