Nepal VS2060 asarphi

Goldberg sale 115, lot 2018

This specimen was lot 2018 in Goldberg sale 115 (Los Angeles, February 2020), where it sold for $408. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Nepal. Asarphi, VS2060- 2003. Commemorating the Conquest of Mt. Everest. PCGS graded Proof 67 Deep Cameo." Climbing Mt. Everest has become a major industry and generator of foreign exchange for the poverty stricken kingdom (now republic) of Nepal.

Recorded mintage: 2,000.

Specification: 7.77 g, 0.999 fine gold, 0.250 troy oz AGW, 22 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Fr-104; KM-1200.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
• 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.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 115: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2020.

Link to:

• VS2040 (1983) asarphi, 30th Anniversary of the Ascent of Mt. Everest
• VS2043 (1986) asarfi, Ganges River dolphins
• VS 2045 (1988) ½ oz asarphi, snow leopard
• VS 2047 asarphi, ⅓ oz gold, Save the Children
• VS2052 (1995) 1/20 asarfi, 1/20 oz gold, Lord Buddha
• VS 2054 (1997) 1/20 asarfi, birth of Buddha
• VS 2054 (1997) 1/10 asarfi, birth of Buddha
• VS 2054 (1997) ¼ asarfi, birth of Buddha
• Coins and currency dated 2003