Sikkim (1884-85) paisa

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2578

This specimen was lot 2578 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $450. The catalog description^[1] noted, "SIKKIM: Thotab Namgyel, 1874-1911, AE paisa, ND, obverse legend sri sri sri sikimapati maharaj, reverse sri sri sri sikima sakar, VF." This coin should be dated either VS 1941 or VS 1942. Sikkim, once a British protectorate, is now incorporated into India.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4-6 g, copper, this specimen 4.38 g.

Catalog reference: KM-3.2.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links to:

• Nepal VS1947 tola = 1890
• Coins and currency dated 1884