Nepal VS(19)96 1/16 rupee
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This specimen was lot 1713 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "NEPAL: Tribhuvira Vir Vikram, 1911-1955, AR 1/16 rupee, VS[19]96, one-year type, scarce dated variety and a superb quality example! PCGS graded MS63, S, ex Wolfgang Schuster Collection." At some point in the early twentieth century, Nepal abandoned the issue of mohars and tolas and adopted the British Indian system of paisa and rupees (64 paisa = 16 annas = one rupee). After World War Two, the coinage was reformed again so that 100 paisa = one rupee.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-713.
- 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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