Nepal VS2031 1000 rupee

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 ANA sale, lot 21421

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.

Source:

• 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:

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