2 1/2 Skar

€10,413.00
IssuerTibet
Year1913-1918
TypeStandard circulation coins
Value21/2 Skar (1⁄40)
CurrencySrang (1792-1959)
CompositionCopper
Weight4.20 g
Dimensions24 mm
Thickness1.4 mm
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Y#16
Obverse descriptionSnow lion facing left with scroll ornaments around, all surrounded by Tibetan characters within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus.
Obverse scriptTibetan
Obverse letteringདགའ་ལྡན་ཕོ་བྲང་ ཕྱོ་ ལས་རྣམ་ རྣམ་རྒྱལ།
(Translation: dga` ldan pho brang phyo(gs) las rnam rgyal The Ganden palace, victorious in all directions)
Reverse descriptionWheel-like pattern with dots around, all surrounded by Tibetan characters.
Reverse scriptTibetan
Reverse letteringརབ་བྱུང་ ༡༥་ ལོ་ ༤༧་ སྐར་ཕྱེད་གསུམ་
(Translation: rab byung 15 lo 47 skar phyed gsum Cycle 15, Year 47, half off three Skar)
EdgeSmooth.
Mint
Mintage47 (1913)  - Y#16.1: ༡༥ - ༤༧ -
48 (1914)  - Y#16.1: ༡༥ - ༤༨ (lion crouching and looking upwards) -
48 (1914)  - Y#16.2: ༡༥ - ༤༨ (lion standing and looking backwards) -
48 (1914)  - Y#16.3: ༡༥ - ༤༨ (lion crouching lion looking backwards) -
49 (1915)  - Y#16.1: ༡༥ - ༤༩ -
50 (1916)  - Y#16.1: ༡༥ - ༥༠ -
51 (1917)  - Y#16.1: ༡༥ - ༥༡ -
52 (1918)  - Y#16.1: ༡༥ - ༥༢ -
Catalog ID3954219720
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