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Auction: 16041 - The Nicholas Rhodes Collection: Coins of North East India (Part 2)
Lot: 207

Cooch Behar, Shivendra Narayan (1839-47), Half-Rupee, 4.38g, legends on both sides only partly visible, Śrī Śrī/ Śiva Charana/ Kamala Madhu/ Karasya, rev. Śrī Śrī/ Shivendra/ Nārāyana/ Bhup (RB. 71; Bose N-2.2; KM. 151), very fine, rare

Any Cooch Behar coins struck from this reign onwards were for presentation purposes, presumably to British officers at the time of the installation of the ruler. Most of the examples cited in RB are in British museums.

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