Nepal SE1828 tola
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This specimen was lot 935 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it sold for $1,175. The catalog description[1] noted, "NEPAL: Prithvi Vira, 1881-1911, AV tola, SE1828, Brilliant Unc." This type is listed for SE 1828-1833 (1906-11) and is scarce. Some coins are dated using the Saka Era (SE) and others using the Bikram Samvat Era (VS). The existence of proofs for SE 1833 suggests that the coins were not made in Nepal.
Recorded mintage: 3,000,000.
Specification: 12.48 g, gold, this specimen 12.35 g.
Catalog reference: KM-675.1.
- 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 30, featuring the George Anderson Collection of Tibetan Coins, the Dr. John W. Lund Collection of Swedish Coins and the Mike Edwards Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.
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