Patan NS882 mohar
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This specimen was lot 3699 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "PATAN: Ranajit Malla, 1762-1763, AR mohar, NS882 (1762), rare, NGC graded AU50." The Malla dynasty was established in the thirteenth century and survived until the 1760's, when it was extinguished by the Shah dynasty. Jaya Ranajit Malla was king of Bhaktapur 1722-69 and of Patan (today Lalitpur) 1761-63 only. This is the only coin recorded from his reign.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.5 g, silver.
Catalog reference: KM-427, RGV-501.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [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.
Link to:
- NS835 silver mohar, Riddhi Narasimha in Patan
- Patan NS884 mohar KM-432 silver, Dala Mardana Saha (1764-65)
- Coins and currency dated 1762