Nepal SE1826 mohar Fr-17

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Stephen Album sale 43, lot 1103

This specimen was lot 1103 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $570. The catalog description[1] noted, "NEPAL: Prithvi Vira Vikrama, 1881-1911, AV mohar, SE1826 (1904), small flat area, due to flan defect (not later damage), AU." This type was struck SE 1804-1805, 1809, 1817, 1820, 1823-27. No date is given a premium, more likely due to lack of interest than any variation in rarity. 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: 5.76 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 5.50 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-17, KM-673.1.

Source:

  • 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, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [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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