Cooch Behar SE1547/118 rupee

from Steve Album sale 27, lot 2076

Cooch Behar about 1792, from Shepherd's atlas

Bengal in 1942, from Hammond's atlas

This specimen was lot 2076 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $352.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "COOCH BEHAR: Vira Naraya, 1627-1633, AR rupee, SE1547 year 118. VF to EF, RR, ex Paul Stevens Collection." The SCWC notes this one year type as scarce. Cooch Behar is today in the strip of India which divides Bhutan from Bangladesh.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 10.2 g, silver, this specimen 9.89 g.

Catalog reference: KM-66. Rh-33.

Source:

• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.

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