Triratna (triple gem) surrounded by square containing Tibetan characters, 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
ཤོན་ ཐོང་
ཀྲི་ ལོ་ ༡་
ཞོ་ ལྔ་ (Translation: shon thong / kri / lo 1 / zho lnga Xuantong, Year 1 / Five Sho)
Reverse description
Wheel-like pattern with dots around, all surrounded by Tibetan characters within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus.
Reverse script
Tibetan
Reverse 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)