Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 Srang
| Issuer | Government of Tibet |
|---|---|
| Year | 1941-1948 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Blue and pink multicolour underprint. A central vignette contains two confronted lions amid scrollwork, printed in blue, flanked by a circular red seal stamp at left and a square red seal stamp at right. The note is framed by a decorative blue border with floral and geometric motifs, with Tibetan script legends arranged in two registers above and below the central vignette, and the denomination numeral in Tibetan characters at each corner. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | དངུལ་ཀྲམ་བཅུ། |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Tibet's government printed these entirely by hand using woodblocks — the same technique used for religious texts in the monasteries — making each note subtly unique in ink weight and impression depth. The Lhasa printing operation was rudimentary by any contemporary standard, and the resulting paper money reflected it: variation between individual notes of the same denomination can be striking.
The 10 Srang was the highest denomination in regular circulation for much of this series' life, used primarily for large transactions in the Lhasa market and for government payments. Cotton rag stock was sourced locally, and the paper itself tends to be thicker and softer than equivalent Asian government issues of the period.
Tibet had no central bank — issuance was handled directly by the Tibetan Finance Office, the Tsikhang.