Nepal VS2045 1000 rupees

Steve Album sale 51, lot 1395

This specimen was lot 1395 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $420. The catalog description^[1] noted, "NEPAL: Birendra Bir Bikram Shah, 1972-2001, AR 1000 rupees, VS2045 (1988), Wildlife Series - Snow Leopard, contains 5 troy ounces of pure silver, with COA of issue, PCGS graded Proof 69 DCAM." This NCLT was struck at Singapore.

Recorded mintage: 5,000 proofs.

Specifications: 155.5 g, 0.999 fine silver, 65 mm diameter, 5 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM-1036, Schön-291.

Sources:

• 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 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links:

• VS 2031 (1974) 1000 rupees, rhinoceros
• VS 2043 (1986) 25 paisa
• VS 2043 (1986) asarfi, Ganges River dolphins
• VS 2045 (1988) ½ oz asarphi, snow leopard
• VS 2047 asarphi, ⅓ oz gold, Save the Children
• Coins and currency dated 1988