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* [[Nepal VS2031 10 gram|VS 2031 10 gram asarfi, coronation of Birendra Bir Bikram]] | * [[Nepal VS2031 10 gram|VS 2031 10 gram asarfi, coronation of Birendra Bir Bikram]] | ||
* [[Nepal VS2031 10 asarphi|VS 2031 (1974) 10 asarphi, Year of the Child]] | * [[Nepal VS2031 10 asarphi|VS 2031 (1974) 10 asarphi, Year of the Child]] | ||
| + | * [[Nepal VS2045 1000 rupees|VS2045 (1988) 1000 rupees, snow leopard, 5 oz silver]] | ||
* [[Coins and currency dated 1974]] | * [[Coins and currency dated 1974]] | ||
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[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2018 ANA sale]] | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2018 ANA sale]] | ||
Latest revision as of 09:21, 8 May 2025
This specimen was lot 21421 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Philadelphia, August 2018), where it sold for $1,860. The catalog description[1] noted, "NEPAL. 1,000 Rupees, VS 2031 (1974). PCGS PROOF-65 DEEP CAMEO Secure Holder. Wildlife conservation series, from a mintage of only 671 pieces. Features the one-horned great Indian rhinoceros, which inhabits the thin lowland strip of the country along Nepal's border with India. Displaying hard mirrored surfaces and nicely frosted devices with instances of reddish-orange toning on the rim." The SCWC notes that a few more were restruck in 1979. The rhinoceros appeared again on a copper-nickel 100 rupee of 1998 (KM 1103).
Recorded mintage: 2,176 plus 671 proofs.
Specification: 33.44 g, 0.500 fine gold, 0.9613 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: KM-844.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The August 2018 Philadelphia ANA Auction: World Coins and Selections from the El Dorado Collection of Colombian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
Link to:
- Nepal VS2031 5 paisa KM-803 F.A.O.
- Nepal VS2031 25 rupee KM-839, Himalayan Monal Pheasant
- Nepal VS2031 50 rupee, Red Panda
- Nepal VS2031 100 rupee Year of the Child
- VS 2031 2.5 gram asarfi, coronation of Birendra Bir Bikram
- VS2031 (1974) 5 gram asarphi, coronation of Birendra Bir Bikram
- VS 2031 10 gram asarfi, coronation of Birendra Bir Bikram
- VS 2031 (1974) 10 asarphi, Year of the Child
- VS2045 (1988) 1000 rupees, snow leopard, 5 oz silver
- Coins and currency dated 1974
- return to coins of Nepal