World Silver & Bronze Coins - Samoa - World Coins
Lot 1553 SESSION 8 (2.30PM WEDNESDAY 30TH MARCH) World Silver & Bronze Coins - Samoa - World Coins
Estimate $200
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SOLD $750
TIBET, Nepalese coins cut for use in Tibet, 3 (4), 4 (4) and 5 (5) petals, called cho-tang or cutting coin, a coinage made from several rulers (Jaya Prakash Malla and Pratap Simha Saha) from the period of the mid-late 18th century, several varieties illustrated (3, 4 and 5 petal one crescent shape, (see plate 48 RCV, KM.481-486 [under Nepal]). Mostly fine - very fine. (13)
Ex Mark E. Freehill Collection.
A Nepalese mohar was equivalent to 15 skar ma in Tibet and cutting these made 2/3, 1/2, and 1/3 of mohar (ie 10, 7.5 and 5 shar values. The value also varied depending whether a straight cut or a crescent cut (see pp. 207-208 RGV).
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