2 Sho - In the name of Xuantong, 1908-1912

Issuer Tibet
Year 1910
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 2 Sho (0.2)
Currency Srang (1792-1959)
Composition Silver
Weight 6.74 g
Diameter 25 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Y#6
Obverse description Dragon with clouds around surrounded by Tibetan characters.
Obverse script Tibetan
Obverse lettering ཤོན་ ཐོང་ བོད་ཀྱི་རིན་ ཀྱི་ རིན་ ཁོར་ ཁུ་ ཕོན་ ཞོ་དོ་
(Translation: shon thong bod kyi rin khor khu phon zho do Xuantong / Precious coin of two Sho, (struck) to the Kuping Standard)
Reverse description Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left with lotus flower in the centre.
Reverse script Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Reverse lettering  宣 藏 通  統
(Translation: Xuan Tong Bao Cang Xuantong (Emperor) / Tibetan coin)
Edge Reeded.
Mint
Mintage ND (1910) - -
Numisquare ID 4330874230
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