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Jaya Prakash Malla (1st reign 1735-46), Mohars 856NS (RGV.327, 328), very fine, Sukis in name of Janani Kumudini Devi as Regent 856NS (RGV.331, 332 & 333) all very fine, with traces of loops (5)
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Mohars of this period are particularly debased, with only about 50-60 of silver on average, and were sent to Tibet in large quantities, where they were widely used until recent times. Fine silver was accepted by Nepalese traders in Lhasa, and exchanged for the debased silver coins on a weight for weight basis. The cost of transport to and from Nepal, of striking the coins at the mints in Nepal, and the losses due to pillage during the long journey, meant that this trade only made sense when a high degree of alloy was added. However, Prithvi Narayan of Gorkha gained effective control of the external economy of the Valley about 1750, when he gained control of all the passes in and out of the Valley. One of his early actions was to insist that the Malla Kings only struck coins in fine silver, and the debased coins on which the coin trade with Tibet depended, were halved in value, compared with the new fine silver coins. This angered the Tibetans and the Newar traders in Lhasa, and the subsequent dispute over the relative value of the debased coins led to the wars between Nepal and Tibet from 1788 to 1791.