Nepal SE1833 4 mohars

Stephen Album sale 37, lot 1710

This specimen was lot 1710 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $773.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NEPAL: Prithvi Vira Vikrama, 1881-1911, AR 4 mohars, SE1833, one-year type, a very attractive example! PCGS graded AU55, ex Wolfgang Schuster Collection." Confusingly, many Nepalese coins were struck in silver and gold using the same dies. Some coins are dated using the Saka Era (SE) and others using the Bikram Samvat Era (VS). The four mohars denomination was struck only in silver.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 22.4 g, silver, 29 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-658.

Source:

• 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 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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