| Spink > Auction 23127 | Auction date: 28 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 9679 Price realized: 1,100 GBP (Approx. 1,387 USD / 1,268 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: (x) Nepal, Kingdom of Kathmandu, Jaya Prakash Malla, First Reign (1735-1746), Mohar, NS 856 (1736), trident, three dots below, eight petals around, rev. sword with garland, eight petals around, 5.48g, (Rhodes, Nepal 373; RGV 327), obverse struck from shuddered dies, otherwise about very fine; Mohar, NS 856 (1736), trident, one dot below, eight petals around, rev. sword with garland, eight petals around, 5.43g (RGV 328; Rhodes, Nepal 375), about very fine; Suki, in the name of Queen Mother Kumudini Devi, NS 856 (1736), trident, dot either side, rev. mirror, 1.28g (RGV 331), good very fine; Suki, in the name of Queen Mother Kumudini Devi, NS 856 (1736), trident, dot either side, rev. mirror, 1.37g (RGV 333), very fine; Jaya Prakash Malla, Second Reign (1750-1768), Mohar, NS 873, lion and trident in scalloped octagon, eight petals around, rev. legend in inverted triangle, sword with garland above, eight petals around, 4.94g (RGV 361), pleasing very fine, scarce; Mohar, NS 873, trident in pointed octagon, eight petals around, rev. inverted triangle in scalloped circle, eight petals around, 5.42g (Rhodes, Nepal 390; RGV 362), some softness to parts of the edges, otherwise very fine; Suki, NS 873 (1753), trident, rev. sword with garland, 1.37g (Rhodes, Nepal 394; RGV 366), toned, about extremely fine; Suki, NS 873 (1753), trident, rev. sword with garland, 1.28g (RGV 365), good very fine; Nepal for Tibet, Jaya Prakash Malla, 'Cho-Tang' or 'Cutting Coin', Mohar (1-Sho), struck NS 856 (1736), five petals, straight line, trimmed to edge, 2.49g (RGV 1412), rubbed, fine; Mohar (7½-Skar), four petals, straight line, 2.58g (RGV 1414), very fine; Mohar (7½-Skar), four petals, straight line, 2.50g (RGV 1414), very fine; Mohar (1-Sho), five petals, edge trimmed, centre cut out, 1.35g (RGV 1413), fine; Mohar (7½-Skar), four petals, edge trimmed, centre cut out, 1.35g (RGV 1415) fine; two further, of Jaya Prakash Malla or Pratap Simha Saha, Mohar (7½-Skar) (2), four petals, centre cut out, 1.17g; 0.94g, fair (13). The Klaus Bronny Collection of Bhutanese and Nepalese Coins The Nepalese Mohar circulated at a value of 15 sKar-ma in Tibet. In order to provide small change a system of cutting the Nepalese mohars was developed. The fractions produced were 1 Sho, 7.5 and 5 Karma (or sKar-ma). Mohars with eight petals on the reverse were used and as a result counting the number of petals became the way to determine the denomination created. Five petals became a Sho, four petals a 7.5 Skar and three petals a 5 Skar. Over time the centre of these coins were also removed and used to provide payment to the blacksmiths who cut these coins. In that way the customer did not lose as his two pieces, petals and centre, were worth as much as the whole coin; ultimately creating something out of nothing. The coins most commonly cut were the mohar of Jaya Prakash Malla of Kathmandu dated NS 856 and the debased silver mohars of Pratap Simha Saha dated 1697 to roughly 1699. Estimate: £150 - £200 |  |
