1 Srang Pattern

The Ganden Phodrang's attempts to establish a modern Tibetan coinage in the late 1920s were complicated by the absence of any established mint infrastructure and reliance on hand-operated screw presses acquired through considerable difficulty. Pattern pieces from this period were produced in very small numbers as the government tested designs before committing to full production runs — most never advanced beyond the trial stage.

KM#Pn10 is among the least documented of the 1928–29 pattern series. Surviving examples are almost entirely traceable to European collections assembled during the mid-twentieth century.