Snow lion facing left in front of Mount Kailash with two suns in the background, all surrounded four Buddhist auspicious symbols (a treasure vase, a victory banner, a pair of golden fish, and a lotus flower) and Tibetan characters.
Obverse script
Tibetan
Obverse lettering
དགའ་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 description
Tibetan characters with cloud above and triratna (triple gem) below, all surrounded four Buddhist auspicious symbols (a white parasol, a conch shell, a dharma wheel, and an endless knot) and Tibetan characters.
Reverse script
Tibetan
Reverse lettering
རབ་བྱུང་ ༡༦་ ལོ་ ༢༠་
ཞོ་ གསུམ་ (Translation: rab byung 16 lo 20 / zho ksum Cycle 15, year 59 / Three Sho)