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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: 9744

Nepal, Tokens (3) | Prithvi Vir Vikram Shah (1811-1911), Brass Token, c. 1902, obverse die of mohar, dated 1824 (1902), rev. '16 paisa', central piercing, 2.81g (RGV T6), extremely fine; Iron Token, c. 1902, obverse die of half-mohar, dated 1824 (1902), rev. '14 paisa', central piercing, 1.55g (RGV T8), some rust, otherwise extremely fine; Iron Token, c. 1902, obverse die of half-mohar, dated 1824 (1902), rev. '12 paisa', central piercing, 1.57g (RGV T9), some rust, otherwise extremely fine (3)

The Klaus Bronny Collection of Bhutanese and Nepalese Coins

The suggestion has been made that these pieces were struck as tokens to provide a day's pay to different classes of labourers engaged on the building of the royal palace circa 1902. They were not popular and not used for long.

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