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Auction 16041 27 September 2016
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Cooch Behar, Jitendra Narayan (1913-22), machine-struck presentation gold Mohur, 7.83g, dated CB 404 (1914), arms of the state supported by lion and elephant, grish at bottom, rev. Śrī Śrī/ Jitendra Nārāyana/ Bhup/ Rāja Śakā 404 (RB.78; Bose R-1.1; KM.X.M10), about uncirculated with minor contact marks in fields, extremely rare.
Bruce, Catalog of Unusual World Coins states only 100 coins of this type were minted. Grish was the name of the Calcutta gold and silversmith company that made the coins.
There are only three records of gold Mohurs of this date being sold at auction. The last time a coin of this date and type was offered in the UK was at Baldwin, Auction 84, 25 September 2013, lot 1352, where it achieved a price of £16,000.
Estimate: £5,000.00 - £7,000.00
Bruce, Catalog of Unusual World Coins states only 100 coins of this type were minted. Grish was the name of the Calcutta gold and silversmith company that made the coins.
There are only three records of gold Mohurs of this date being sold at auction. The last time a coin of this date and type was offered in the UK was at Baldwin, Auction 84, 25 September 2013, lot 1352, where it achieved a price of £16,000.
Estimate: £5,000.00 - £7,000.00