Nepal VS1971 mohar Fr-27

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Steve Album sale 55, lot 1338

This specimen was lot 1338 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $1,320. The catalog description[1] noted, "NEPAL: Tribhuvana Bir Bikram, 1911-1950, AV mohar, VS1971, lightly cleaned, one-year type, in the name of Queen Lakshmi Divyeswari, regent for Tribhuvana Bir Bikram, PCGS graded AU details, ex The 1914 Collection." This issue of king Tribhuvana Bir Bikram (r. 1911-50) is listed for VS 1971 only. The king also struck silver mohars in VS1971 (KM 682, KM 694).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 5.6 g, gold.

Catalog reference: KM-683, Fr-27.

Sources:

  • 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 Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.

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