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Auction: 23127 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 32: Indian and Islamic Coins Featuring the Klaus Bronny Collection of Bhutanese and Nepalese Coins - e-Auction
Lot: 9651

(x) Bhutan, Period II/III (c. 1840-1900), Copper and Brass Half-Rupees (26), similar types, crescent open to left before 'sa', dot below, rev. 'va cha ra' (Bronny 34.43; 34.44f; 34.46 [these coins]; cf. Rhodes 9; 15; KM 7.1-7.2); ndra wide, rev. 'va cha ra' (Bronny 34.49; 34.50; cf. Rhodes 9; 15; KM 7.1-7.2); rev. 'la ma' retrograde (Bronny 34.52ch; 34.53bg [these coins]; cf. Rhodes 9; 15; KM 7.1-7.2); dot before 'ra', 'n' of 'ndra and na' as crescents to left (Bronny 34.55a; 34.56g [these coins]; cf. Rhodes 9; 15; KM 7.1-7.2); 'n' of 'ndra' and 'na' different, 'ra' downwards, rev. 'va cha ra' (Bronny 34.60 [this coin]; cf. Rhodes 9; 15; KM 7.1-7.2); 'ra' joined to vertical line, dot above 'sa', rev. 'va cha ra' (Bronny 34.61; 34.62; 34.63; 34.64; 34.65; 34.66; 34.68 [these coins]; cf. Rhodes 9; 15; KM 7.1-7.2); Potentially struck in unofficial mints, square with dot inside of 'ndra', rev. 'va cha ra' (Bronny 34.71; 34.72cg; 34.73c; 34.74c; 34.75; 34.77; 34.78; 34.82; 34.83d [these coins]; cf. Rhodes 9; 15; KM 7.1-7.2), some softness in parts, otherwise generally very fine to extremely fine (26)

The Klaus Bronny Collection of Bhutanese and Nepalese Coins


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