Cooch Behar CB 354 nazarana 1/2 rupee
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This specimen was lot 23143 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $1,080. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Cooch Behar. 1/2 Rupee, CB 354 (1864). PCGS AU-58 Secure Holder. Struck in silver. A deeply toned example of this highly elusive type." The SCWC notes this one year type as scarce. Two coins are listed for this ruler: a nazarana half rupee, shown here, and a nazarana mohur, KM 185. Cooch Behar is today in the strip of India which divides Bhutan from Bangladesh.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.3 g, silver.
Catalog reference: KM-180.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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