1 Skar - In the name of Xuantong, 1908-1912

The Xuantong-era Tibetan coinage occupies an odd administrative gap: Xuantong was the reign name of Puyi, the last Qing emperor, but Tibet's actual relationship with Qing authority had deteriorated sharply following the British Younghusband Expedition of 1904 and the flight of the 13th Dalai Lama to Mongolia. These coins were struck locally at the Dode mint outside Lhasa, operating largely outside meaningful Qing oversight. The "in the name of" attribution is precise — it reflects nominal suzerainty, nothing more.

Y#4 pieces show considerable variation in flan quality and strike consistency, a known characteristic of the Dode facility.