10 Srang Two suns

€21,361.00
IssuerTibet
Year1948-1949
TypeStandard circulation coins
Value10 Srang
CurrencySrang (1792-1959)
CompositionBillon
Weight16.70 g
Dimensions32 mm
Thickness2.2 mm
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Y#29, L&M#663
Obverse descriptionSnow lion facing left in front of Mount Kailash with two suns in the background, 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 descriptionTwo Mongoose facing a banner of victory over disharmony with Tibetan characters above, all surrounded by more characters within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus.
Reverse scriptTibetan
Reverse letteringཆོས་སྲིད་ གཉིས་ལྡན་ རབ་བྱུང་ བཅུ་དྲུག་ སོ ༢༢ སྲང ༡༠
(Translation: chos srid gnyis ldan rab byung bcu drug / lo 22 / srang 10 The religious and political government, Cycle sixteen / Year 22 / 10 Srang)
EdgeReeded.
Mint
Mintage22 (1948)  - Y#29: དྲུག - ༢༢ -
23 (1949)  - Y#29.1: དྲུག - ༢༣ (with dot after `10`) -
23 (1949)  - Y#29.1: དྲུག - ༢༣ (without dot after `10`) -
23 (1949)  - Y#29.1: དྲུག - ༢༣/༢༢ (overdate) -
Catalog ID1765432940
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