Proud to be a Sikkimese: Sikkim Travel, Culture & Local Heritage

  If you are interested in buying coin of Sikkim, this Chepte Coin is in an offer to be bid for an auction at ebay.com.  The information given about the coin is as follows RARE HARD TO FIND SIKKIM COPPER PAISA WITH CLEAR ERROR LEGEND 'Sakar' INSTEAD OF SARKAR . " It is a VS 1941 (AD1884) very hard to find RARE chepte (flat) copper paisa of Sikkim now in India. Obverse has clear three line legend 'Sri Sri Sri Sikkim Sakar' instead of 'Sarkar'. Reverse has 'Sri Sri Sri Sikkim Pati Maharaj' lightly visible. "

I was just surfing an eBay auction website, and there I came across some material related to Hope Cook, the former queen of Sikkim on sale. There is an autographed photograph of former queen Hope Cook, her letter and an envelope in which it was sent to the USA. The three materials cost you 300 dollars. The heading of the items says: HOPE COOKE NAMGYAL AUTOGRAPH, Queen consort of SIKKIM ONE-OF-A-KIND PIECE, VERY RARE, THIS COUNTRY IS GONE! Just read the last line that says...."This country is gone". Sikkim is no longer an independent country now so it is more often referred as a dead country. The further description says: PHOTOGRAPH: 4-1/2" X 6" MEASUREMENTS, BLACK AND WHITE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND SIGNED IN BLUE INK PEN, "HOPE NAMGYAL" LETTERHEAD: 8-1/4" X 6" THE PALACE, GANGTOK, SIKKIM, DATED 15TH SEPTEMBER 1969 AND SIGNED SINCERELY HOPE NAMGYAL, "GYALMO OF SIKKIM ENVELOPE: 8-1/4" X 6-3/8" WITH 13 STAMPS FROM INDIA...