1 Sho Horizontal legend, large size

€4,506.00
IssuerTibet
Year1918
TypeStandard circulation coins
Value1 Sho (0.1)
CurrencySrang (1792-1959)
CompositionCopper
Weight6.20 g
Dimensions25.6 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Y#21, Y#21b
Obverse descriptionSnow lion facing left with scroll ornaments around, all surrounded by Tibetan characters within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus.
Obverse scriptTibetan
Obverse letteringདགའ་ལྡན་ཕོ་བྲང་ ཕྱོ་ ལས་རྣམ་ རྣམ་རྒྱལ།
(Translation: dga` ldan pho brang phyo(gs) las rnam rgyal The Ganden palace, victorious in all directions)
Reverse descriptionTibetan characters surrounded by arabesques and more characters.
Reverse scriptTibetan
Reverse letteringརབ་བྱུང་ ༡༥་ ལོ་ ༥༢་ ཞོ་ གར
(Translation: rab byung 15 lo 52 / zho gang Cylce 15, Year 52 / One Sho)
EdgeSmooth.
Mint
Mintage52 (1918)  - Y#21: ༡༥ - ༥༢ (lion looking upwards) -
52 (1918)  - Y#21b: ༡༥ - ༥༢ (lion looking backwards) -
Catalog ID3792950340
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