Cooch Behar SE1477 rupee

Stack's Bowers June 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71526

Stack's Bowers 2023 ANA sale, lot 56388

Cooch Behar about 1792, from Shepherd's atlas

Bengal in 1942, from Hammond's atlas

The first specimen was lot 71526 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2022), where it sold for $660. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. Cooch Behar. Rupee, SE 1477 (1555). Nara Narayan. NGC MS-63. This highly attractive Choice Rupee displays some handsome luster and a full strike." The second specimen was lot 56388 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $312. The catalog description^[2] noted, "INDIA. Cooch Behar. Tanka, SE 1477 (1555). Nara Narayan. NGC MS-62. This most pleasant example delivers a sharp strike and soft frosty luster, with a touch of a rainbow toning at the peripheries. A piece that is certain to capture many excited bids." Cooch Behar is today in the strip of India which divides Bhutan from Bangladesh. KM 34 is not listed in the 17th century edition of the SCWC in our possession.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM 34.

Source:

• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins - Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
• ^[2]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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