11/2 Srang

€21,438.00
IssuerTibet
Year1936-1946
TypeStandard circulation coins
Value11/2 Srang (3⁄2)
CurrencySrang (1792-1959)
CompositionSilver
Weight5.00 g
Dimensions24 mm
Thickness1.5 mm
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Y#24, L&M#660
Obverse descriptionSnow lion facing left in front of Mount Kailash with two suns in the background, all surrounded four Buddhist auspicious symbols (a white parasol, a conch shell, a pair of golden fish, and an endless knot) and Tibetan characters.
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 descriptionTreasure vase (a Buddhist auspicious symbol) containing foliage with scroll ornaments around, all surrounded three Buddhist auspicious symbols (a victory banner, a dharma wheel, and a lotus flower) and Tibetan characters.
Reverse scriptTibetan
Reverse letteringརབ་བྱུང་ བཅུ་དྲུག་ལོ་ ལོ་ ཉིཤུ་ སྲང་ ༡༥
(Translation: rab byung bcu drug lo nyi shu srang 1/5 Cycle sixteen, Year twenty, 1-1/2 Srang)
EdgeReeded.
Mint
Mintage10 (1936)  - བཅུ་དྲུག - བཅུ (coin rotation) -
10 (1936)  - བཅུ་དྲུག - བཅུ (medal rotation) -
11 (1937)  - བཅུ་དྲུག - བཅུག -
12 (1938)  - བཅུ་དྲུག - བཅུས -
20 (1946)  - བཅུ་དྲུག - ཉིཤུ -
Catalog ID9051312190
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