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25 Tam
| Issuer | Government of Tibet |
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| Year | 1913 |
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| Size | 180 × 95 mm |
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| Obverse description | Yellow-orange tint on native paper. Central vignette of a recumbent snow lion, the traditional symbol of Tibet, enclosed within a rectangular border of ornamental scroll-work. A red official seal stamp appears at left, accompanied by four lines of Tibetan script text. |
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| Protection type | Official seal |
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| Comments |
Tibet's paper currency program was an indigenous operation from the outset — no foreign printer, no colonial banking infrastructure. The notes were produced entirely within Tibet using local materials and methods, which accounts for the considerable variation in paper quality, ink density, and seal placement found across surviving examples of this series.
The 1913 date marks the period immediately following the Dalai Lama's return from exile after the 1910 Chinese military occupation. Fiscal reorganization was part of reasserting administrative control, and this note belongs to that effort.
The official seal impression — hand-applied — is the primary authentication mechanism, and its condition is the single most diagnostic feature when assessing any example from P#4.