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

Issuer Tibetan Government
Year 1910
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Reference(s) Y#6
Obverse description Central field features a stylized snow lion in high relief, depicted in profile facing left, rendered in a traditional Tibetan artistic style with detailed mane and body markings. The lion is surrounded by a beaded inner circle, beyond which a circular Tibetan inscription runs along the periphery of the coin. The legend reads the denomination and mint standard in Tibetan script, identifying the coin as a precious two-Sho piece struck to the Kuping standard. The overall design is characteristic of early twentieth-century Tibetan milled coinage, with the field displaying a slightly uneven surface typical of the Dode Mint's production.
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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)
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Reverse script Chinese (traditional, regular script)
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