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1½ Srang

Issuer Tibet
Year 1936-1946
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse script Tibetan
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Reverse script Tibetan
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Additional information

Tibet's 1½ Srang was struck at the Dode mint outside Lhasa during a period when the Tibetan government was navigating unusually delicate relations with both British India and the Republic of China. Production was inconsistent — hand-operated equipment and locally trained workers meant dies wore unevenly, and the quality of the silver alloy varied between batches. Struck over a decade-long span rather than a single issue, individual pieces can differ noticeably in fabric and sharpness.

The denomination itself was an awkward intermediate unit, rarely encountered in contemporary accounts of market transactions.

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