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2 Sho - In the name of Xuantong, 1908-1912
| Issuer | Tibetan Government |
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| 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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