| Spink > Auction 23127 | Auction date: 28 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 9655 Price realized: 800 GBP (Approx. 1,009 USD / 923 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: (x) Bhutan, Period II/III (c. 1840-1900), Copper and Brass Half-Rupees and Primitive Dies (68), range of types including, 'ndra' retrograde, five dots right of 'ra', rev. 'va cha ra' (Bronny 47.05; 47.06a; 47.07; 47.08b; 47.09; 47.11; 47.12; 47.13; 47.15c; 47.17; 47.19g; 47.20f; 47.23; 47.25; 47.27; 47.30a [these coins]; cf. Rhodes 35; cf. KM 14); square with saltire, dot in each angle, rev. 'va cha ra' (Bronny 48.03 [this coin]; KM -); 'ndra' to left of Buddhist knot, rev. conch with four dots (Bronny 50.01; 50.02; 50.03; 50.04; 50.08; 50.09; 50.10; 50.12; 50.14; 50.15; 50.16; 50.22 [these coins]; cf. Rhodes 47; KM 15); 'ndra' to right of Buddhist knot, rev. conch with three lines (Bronny 51.01; 51.03; 51.04; 51.05; 51.06; 51.08; 51.09; 51.13; 51.17 [these coins]; cf. Rhodes 47; cf. KM 15); 'ndra' to right, 'sa dar' in three letters, rev. 'va cha ra' (Bronny 52.01g; 52.02 [these coins]); 'd ' Bang' written in three letters, rev. 'va cha ra' (Bronny 53.01dg; 53.02; 53.03c; 53.05ag; 53.06b; cf. Rhodes 14); double dorje square, rev. swastika clockwise, with rays or petals, (Bronny 54.01; 54.02; 54.04 [these coins; cf. Rhodes 33; 34; KM 12]; double dorje square, rev. two fishes (Bronny 54.07 [this coin]; cf. Rhodes; KM 13); Group 59, Illegal Minting Operations Types, Double Struck Misstrike (Bronny 59.03; 59.04; 59.05 [these coins]; Obverse and Reverse struck with Reverse-die (Bronny 59.07; 59.08; 59.09; 59.10; 59.11; 59.12 [these coins]); Primitive Dies, Diverse Flans and Underweight (Bronny 59.13; 59.14; 59.15; 59.16; 59.17; 59.18; 59.20; 59.21; 59.22; 59.23; 59.24 [these coins]), a most extensive run of Bhutan's later official and unofficial hammered types, including scarcer types, some rubbed and flat in parts, very fine to extremely fine (68). The Klaus Bronny Collection of Bhutanese and Nepalese Coins Estimate: £300 - £350 |  |
