1 Sho Vertical Legend

€27,779.00
IssuerTibet
Year1922-1928
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Sho (0.1)
CurrencySrang (1792-1959)
CompositionCopper
Weight4.34 g
Dimensions24 mm
Thickness1.3 mm
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Y#21a
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་ ༦༠་ ཞོ་ གར
(Translation: rab byung 15 lo 60 / zho gang Cylce 15, Year 60 / One Sho)
EdgeReeded.
Mint
Mintage56 (1922)  - ༡༥ - ༥༦ -
57 (1923)  - ༡༥ - ༥༧ -
57 (1923)  - ༥༧ - ༡༥ (transposed Cycle/Year) -
58 (1924)  - ༡༥ - ༥༨ -
59 (1925)  - ༡༥ - ༥༩ -
59 (1925)  - ༡༥ - ༥༩/༨ (overdate) -
60 (1926)  - ༡༥ - ༦༠ -
60 (1926)  - ༡༥ - ༦༠/༥༩ (overdate) -
1 (1927)  - ༡༦ - ༡ (with dot below `rab`) -
1 (1927)  - ༡༦ - ༡ (without dot below `rab`) -
2 (1928)  - ༡༦ - ༢ -
Catalog ID5854787100
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