View source for Nepal SE1817 4 mohars

[[Image:SA37-1709o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stephen Album sale 37, lot 1709]]
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This specimen was lot 1709 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $1,071. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Nepal|NEPAL]]: Prithvi Vira Vikrama, 1881-1911, AR 4 mohars, SE1817, one-year type, a superb example! PCGS graded MS61, ex Wolfgang Schuster Collection." Confusingly, many Nepalese coins were struck in silver and gold using the same dies. Some coins are dated using the Saka Era (SE) and others using the Bikram Samvat Era (VS). The four mohars denomination was struck only in silver.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 22.4 g, silver.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-657. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, ''Auction 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II,'' Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020. 

''Link to:''
* [[Nepal (1881-1911) 1/8 mohar|(1881-1911) ⅛ silver mohar]]
* [[Nepal SE1816 mohar|SE 1816 (1894) mohar, silver]]
* [[Nepal SE1817 1/4 mohar Fr-19|SE 1817 (1895) quarter mohar, gold]]
* [[Nepal SE1833 4 mohars]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1895]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 37]]