Nepal SE1696 2 mohar Fr-5
This specimen was lot 1095 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $19,200. The catalog description[1] noted, "NEPAL: Prithri Narayan, 1768-1775, AV 2 mohars, SE1696 (1774), a lovely mint state example of this rare type! PCGS graded MS63, RR. Incorrect Krause number on the PCGS holder. A very rare denomination in gold for this ruler and the first we have encountered; nor could we find any auction records of a sale of this double mohar type." This type was struck SE 1693 and 1695-1696. It has a low catalog value. Nepal was and is an independent nation between India and Tibet but under the strong influence of the British raj. Mohars also exist in silver.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 11.52 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 11.44 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-5, KM-462.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [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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