Bhutan (1928) 1/2 rupee
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The first specimen was lot 3235 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "BHUTAN: Jigme Wangchuck, 1926-1952, AR ½ rupee, year 8 (1928), small size, actually struck in 1931, small scratch, PCGS graded Unc details." The second specimen was lot 1319 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description[2] noted, "BHUTAN: Jigme Wangchuck, 1926-1952, AR ½ rupee, 1928, large planchet, actually struck in 1931, a lovely quality example! PCGS graded MS63."
Recorded mintage: 20,000.
Specification: 5.83 g, 0.917 fine silver, 21.2 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-24 (first specimen); KM-25 (second specimen).
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
- [2]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.
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