Cooch Behar SE1554 rupee
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This specimen was lot 2235 in Stephen Album sale 45 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2023), where it sold for $840. The catalog description[1] noted, "COOCH BEHAR: Prana Narayan, 1633-1665, AR rupee, SE1554 (with "4" retrograde), obverse legend sri srimat prana narayanasya sake 1554, 32mm, EF, R, ex David Cashin Collection." This type was struck SE1554-1555. This specimen sold for about double the catalog value. Cooch Behar is today in the strip of India which divides Bhutan from Bangladesh.
Recorded mintage: unknown but common.
Specification: 9.40 g, silver, this specimen 9.82 g.
Catalog reference: R&B-37, KM 74.
- 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 45, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.
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