The Nicholas Rhodes Collection: Coins of North East India (Part 2)。Jaintiapur, Bijay Narayan (1785-88 or 90?), Tanka, 9.16g, Sk. 1707, legends and symbols as previous lot but with five beads in lower field, rev. with 12 beads at top, three beads at start and two at end of top line (RB. N3b; KM. 199), obverse double struck and a little weak, good very fine, rare. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer?s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.。The coins of this ruler were struck using quite a base alloy and often have traces of silvering, probably to hide the debasement.
