Cooch Behar CB354 nazarana mohur
This specimen was lot 878 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $13,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "COOCH BEHAR: Nripendra Narayan, 1838-1911, AV nazarana mohur, CB354 (1864), sri sri / siva char(ana) / kamala mad / huka(asya) in Bengali; pellet within crescent after legend; all within linear quadrate border with floral ornaments at corners; additional floral ornaments in external voids; all within border of alternating dentils and pellets // sri sri / nripendra / nara / yana / san 354 sake in Bengali; floral ornaments flanking sri sri, a lovely toned lustrous nearly mint state example! PCGS graded AU58, RRR." Cooch Behar is today in the strip of India which divides Bhutan from Bangladesh.
Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.
Specification: 9.4 g, gold, 21 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-185.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.
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