20 Srang

€21,440.00
IssuerTibet
Year1918-1921
TypeStandard circulation coins
Value20 Srang
CurrencySrang (1792-1959)
CompositionGold
Weight10.91 g
Dimensions28 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Y#22, L&M#1063, Kann#1587, Hsu#26, Fr#1
Obverse descriptionSnow lion facing left with Tibetan characters above and below, all surrounded by the Buddhist Eight Auspicious symbols (a white parasol, a conch shell, a treasure vase, a victory banner, a dharma wheel, a pair of golden fish, an endless knot, and a lotus flower).
Obverse scriptTibetan
Obverse letteringརབ་བྱང ༡༥ སོ ༥༣
(Translation: rab byung 15 / lo 53 Cycle 15 / Year 53)
Reverse descriptionFlower within circle surrounded by Tibetan characters.
Reverse scriptTibetan
Reverse lettering༄། དགའ་ལྡན་ཕོ་བྲང་ ཕྱོ་ ལས་རྣམ་ རྣམ་རྒྱལ། ཏམ་ སྲང་ ༢༠
(Translation: dga` ldan pho brang phyo(gs) las rnam rgyal tam srang 20 The Ganden palace, victorious in all directions, 20 Tam Srang)
EdgeReeded.
Mint
Mintage52 (1918)  - ༡༥ - ༥༢ (with dot) -
52 (1918)  - ༡༥ - ༥༢ (without dot) -
53 (1919)  - ༡༥ - ༥༣ (with dot) -
53 (1919)  - ༡༥ - ༥༣ (without dot) -
54 (1920)  - ༡༥ - ༥༤ (with dot) -
54 (1920)  - ༡༥ - ༥༤ (without dot) -
55 (1921)  - ༡༥ - ༥༥ (without dot) -
Catalog ID7594647490
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