1 Srang

€225,511.00
IssuerTibet
Year1909-1919
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Srang
CurrencySrang (1792-1959)
CompositionSilver
Weight18.10 g
Dimensions35 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Y#12, Y#A18
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 descriptionTriratna (triple gem) surrounded by Tibetan characters, all surrounded by the Buddhist Eight Auspicious symbols (a white parasol, a conch shell, a treasure vase, a victory banner, a dharma wheel, a pair of golden fish, an endless knot, and a lotus flower) within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus.
Reverse scriptTibetan
Reverse letteringརབ་བྱུང་ ༡༥་ ལོ་ ༤༣་ ཏམ་ སྲང་གང་
(Translation: rab byung 15 lo 43 tam srang gang Cycle 15, year 43, one tam Srang)
EdgeReeded or smooth.
Mint
Mintage43 (1909)  - Y#12: ༡༥ - ༤༣ (smooth edge) -
48 (1914)  - Y#A18: ༡༥ - ༤༨ (reeded edge) -
52 (1918)  - Y#A18.1: ༡༥ - ༥༢ (reeded edge) -
53 (1919)  - Y#A18.1: ༡༥ - ༥༣ (reeded edge) -
Catalog ID6315229660
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