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[[Image:Nepal Sincona 38-1732.jpg|550px|thumb|Sincona sale 38, lot 1732]]
 
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This specimen was lot 1732 in Sincona sale 38 (Zurich, May 2017), where it sold for 700 CHF (about US$840 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Prithvi Bir Bikram, 1881-1911 Tola 1823 SE. (1901 AD.). FDC.'' (Nepal, Prithvi Bir Bikram, 1881-1911, gold tola of SE 1823. Uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This type is listed for SE 1807, 1817, 1820-1826 (1885-1904) and is scarce. Some coins are dated using the Saka Era (SE) and others using the Bikram Samvat Era (VS).
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This specimen was lot 1732 in Sincona sale 38 (Zürich, May 2017), where it sold for 700 CHF (about US$840 including buyer's fees). The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, <blockquote>"''Prithvi Bir Bikram, 1881-1911 Tola 1823 SE. (1901 AD.). FDC.'' (Nepal, Prithvi Bir Bikram, 1881-1911, gold tola of SE 1823. Uncirculated.)"</blockquote> This type is listed for SE 1807, 1817, 1820-1826 (1885-1904) and is scarce. Some coins are dated using the Saka Era (SE) and others using the Bikram Samvat Era (VS).
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

Revision as of 15:28, 10 June 2025

Sincona sale 38, lot 1732

This specimen was lot 1732 in Sincona sale 38 (Zürich, May 2017), where it sold for 700 CHF (about US$840 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"Prithvi Bir Bikram, 1881-1911 Tola 1823 SE. (1901 AD.). FDC. (Nepal, Prithvi Bir Bikram, 1881-1911, gold tola of SE 1823. Uncirculated.)"

This type is listed for SE 1807, 1817, 1820-1826 (1885-1904) and is scarce. Some coins are dated using the Saka Era (SE) and others using the Bikram Samvat Era (VS).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 12.48 grams, gold, this specimen 12.36 g.

Catalog reference: KM 674.3. Fr-16.

Source:

  • 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.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Jürg Richter, Auction 38, Gold Coins and Medals, Zurich: Sincona AG, 2017.

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