Nepal VS1989 rupee

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 43022

This specimen was lot 43022 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $100. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NEPAL. Shah Dynasty. Rupee, VS 1989 (1932). Birendra Bir Bikram. PCGS MS-65." This seems to be the only time this denomination was struck in Nepal. We don't know why the mint didn't match the specification of the Indian rupee, 11.66 g, 0.917 fine silver.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.08 g, 0.800 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-724.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

Link to:

• VS 1983 (1926) mohar, gold
• VS 1988 (1931) 2 mohar
• Nepal VS1989 tola
• VS 1991 (1934) mohar, gold
• Coins and currency dated 1932