Item number: A139

Year: AD 1881-1911

Material: Gold

Size: 7.0 x 7.0 mm / 厚: ~ 0.01 mm

Provenance: Spink 2023

These gold coins are identified as dam from Nepal, which were minted from AD 1881 to AD 1911, during the throne of Prithvi Vir Vikram Shah. These dams were uniface, the obverse showcase a sword in the middle, surrounded by wording “Sir Prthvi Vi.”

Dam was a small denomination unit belonged to Silver Mohar system which was used after AD 1640, the equivalent value is listed below:

The earliest coins found in the Kathmandu Valley are two silver punch-marked pieces of the type that circulated extensively in northern India until the third century. The two pieces were discovered shortly before January AD 1983, judging from their size and fabric one may locate them among the series struck by the Maurya Dynasty in Indian mints.

After the conquest of Kathmandu Valley, King Prithivi Narayan Shah withdrew all the old Malla currency and in order to stop their circulation, devalued their exchange rate. Apart from the regular issue of Mohar, Suka, dam coins were struck in queen Narendra Lakshmi’s name and a new coin double in value and weight of Mohar were struck equivalent to the Indian Rupee. Some gold coins were also struck in his reign but as Nisars for use in special ceremonies. The successors of Prithivi Narayan Shah adhered to his alterations in the Malla currency and dating system, persisting in the issuance of analogous silver and Nisar gold coins under their own names as well as those of their queens. In AD 1789 King Rana Bahadur Shah reduced the diameter of Mohar and increased the production of smaller denominations and gold coins.

During the reign of Prithvi Vir Vikram, the minting of silver coins persisted under the binary “Sohra Ganda System”. However, none of the coins smaller than the suki, which equated to 12.5 copper paisa in the new system, were ever circulated. The smaller silver coins were exclusively minted as nisars, accessible at the mint for acquisition by the growing influx of foreign visitors. Subsequent to AD 1913, production of even the suki ceased, and copper coins constituted the majority of minor currency in circulation.

物件編號: A139

年代: 公元 1881-1911 年

材質: 黃金

尺寸: 7.0 x 7.0 mm / 厚: ~ 0.01 mm

來源: 斯賓克拍賣行 2023

這些金幣被確認為尼泊爾的丹(Dam)，它們是公元1881年至公元1911年期間，在普里特維·比爾·比克拉姆·沙阿(Prithvi Vir Vikram Shah)統治期間鑄造的。這些丹是單面的，正面展示了一把劍，被「普里特維·比 君主」(Sir Prthvi Vi)一詞所包圍。

丹是一個小面額單位，屬於銀莫哈爾(Mohar)系統，該系統在公元1640年後開始使用，相應的價值如下：

加德滿都谷(Kathmandu Valley)發現的最早的硬幣是兩枚銀打孔硬幣，這種硬幣廣泛流通於公元三世紀之前的印度北部。這兩枚硬幣是公元1983年1月之前不久發現的。從它們的大小和材質來看，可以將它們歸類為由印度鑄幣廠生產的摩利王朝系列中的一部分。

在攻佔加德滿都谷之後，普利特維·納拉揚·沙阿(Prithivi Narayan Shah)王撤回了所有舊的馬拉(Malla)貨幣，為了阻止它們的流通，貶低了它們的匯率。除了定期發行的莫哈爾、舒卡(Suka)和丹硬幣外，還以女王納倫德拉·拉吉亞·拉克什米·德維 (Narendra Lakshmi)的名義鑄造了一種新的雙倍價值和重量的莫哈爾硬幣，相當於印度盧比。他的統治期間也鑄造了一些金幣，但是作為尼沙斯(Nisars)用於特殊儀式。普利特維·納拉揚·沙阿的繼任者堅持他對馬拉貨幣和日期系統的修改，持續以他們自己和她們女王的名義發行類似的銀幣和尼沙斯金幣。公元1789年，國王拉納·巴哈都爾·沙阿(Rana Bahadur Shah)減少了莫哈爾的直徑，增加了較小面額和金幣的生產量。

在普里特維·比爾·比克拉姆·沙阿的統治期間，銀幣的鑄造仍然遵循著二元的索哈關達系統(Sohra Ganda System)。然而，在這一系統中，比舒琪(Suki)更小的硬幣從未流通過，舒琪相當於新系統中的12.5個銅派沙(Paisa)。這些較小的銀幣僅僅作為尼沙斯鑄造，可以在鑄幣廠購買，供越來越多的外國訪客使用。公元1913年之後，甚至舒琪的生產也停止了，銅幣成為流通中的主要小面額貨幣。