Cooch Behar SE1510 rupee

from Steve Album sale 45, lot 2234

Bengal in 1942, from Hammond's atlas

This specimen was lot 2234 in Stephen Album sale 45 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2023), where it sold for $840. The catalog description^[1] noted, "COOCH BEHAR: Raghudeva Narayan, 1588-1603, AR rupee, SE1510, reverse legend sri sri raghudeva narayana bhupalesya sake 1510, without rays in the upper right of the reverse, strong VF to EF, RR, ex David Cashin Collection. Raghudeva Narayan ruled in the eastern kingdom, in opposition to Lakshmi Narayan." Cooch Behar is today in the strip of India which divides Bhutan from Bangladesh.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: silver, this specimen 10.55 g, 31 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: R&B-30a.

Sources:

• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 45, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

Link to:

• Cooch Behar SE1509 rupee
• Cooch Behar SE1547/118 rupee
• Coins and currency dated 1588