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Auction: 25088 - The Nicholas Rhodes Collection of Nepalese Coins Part I
Lot: 204

Nepal, Surendra Vikram Shah (1847-1881), copper 2-Paisa, SE 1788, Obv. Sri Sri Sri/ Surendra Vikr/ama Saha Deva within square, ornamentation around and date below, Rev. Sri Sri Sri Nepala Sarkara within square, 8.30g, 27mm (RGV 1075), fine and rare; and, 2-Paisas (7), SE 1790, 7.36g, struck with 1-Paisa dies (RGV 1076), very fine, rare; SE1790 (2), flan and design variants (RGV 1077, 1078), very fine and about fine; SE1791; SE 1796 (2); SE 1798 (RGV 1080, 1081, 1082), very fine; finally, SE1802, struck for presentation only (RGV 1083), ragged edge, good very fine and very rare, (9)

Provenance

The Nicholas Rhodes Collection of Nepalese Coins and Medals: Part One

i) purchased Kathmandu, August 1967

ii) Hans Wittmann Collection, Munzzentrum (Koln), Auction 59, 29-31 October 1986, lot 2552

and, one SE1790, Bhupendra Narayan Shrestha, by private treaty, October 1967

ix) A H Baldwin, by private treaty, 3 January 1970


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Estimate

Starting price
£140