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Auction: 25088 - The Nicholas Rhodes Collection of Nepalese Coins Part I
Lot: 309

Nepal, in the name of Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, Trial Strike for uniface silver Medal, VS 1971 (1914), in clippe form, struck in tin-lead, Chandra Shamshere Jang Bahadur Rana, Prime Minister of Nepal, facing left with ceremonial crown, artist’s initials A.B.-J below, legend in Sanskrit around: Bhavac-caranarajo-rañjitaś –Candra- śamśer Nepal 1971, Chandra Shamshere, having taken delight in the dust of your feet, Nepal 1971, 38.65g, surface scratches, extremely fine and rare trial piece within the Nepal series

Provenance

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

Metallurgical analysis reveals a reading of:
Sn 67.07%
Pb 27.51%
Ga 2.59%
Zn 0.902%
W 0.63%
Sb 0.46%
Cu 0.380%
Fe 0.30%
Ge 0.120%



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Estimate
£200 to £300

Starting price
£140