Nepal SE1699 1/4 mohar
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This specimen was lot 3888 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "NEPAL: Pratap Simha, 1775-1777, AR 1/4 mohar, SE1699 (1777), in the name of Queen Rajendra Lakshmi, UNC, R." This type was struck SE1696-1699 and has a very 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 gold.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.40 g, silver, this specimen 1.34 g.
Catalog reference: KM-470.1.
- 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 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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