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Auction: 13019 - North East Indian Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection
Lot: 527

Kumaon, AE Coin, 14.38g, in the name of Rana Bahadur Shah of Nepal, mint of Khumaon (Kumaon), dated VS 1851 (ONS 160), good fine to very fine, very rare

This coin was published by NR in ONS Newsletter 160 (1999). As previously stated, the Gorkhas invaded Kumaon and Amora in AD 1790. This coin was struck in 1797 and is notable for the mintname Khumaon that also occurs on the coin in the following lot. It is also noticeable that this copper coin is heavier than any of the copper coins with the Almora mintname.

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Sold for
£190