Snow 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 script
Tibetan
Obverse lettering
རབ་ བྱང་ ༡༥
སོ་ ༥༧ (Translation: rab byung 15 / lo 57 Cycle 15 / Year 57)
Reverse description
Tibetan characters surrounded by more characters.
Reverse script
Tibetan
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)