5 Sho

€119,401.00
IssuerTibet
Year1913-1927
TypeStandard circulation coins
Value5 Sho (0.5)
CurrencySrang (1792-1959)
CompositionSilver
Weight8.60 g
Dimensions29 mm
Thickness1.2 mm
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Y#18, L&M#656, Kann#1442, Hsu#537
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 descriptionTriratna (triple gem) surrounded by 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) within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus.
Reverse scriptTibetan
Reverse letteringརབ་བྱུང་ ༡༥་ ལོ་ ༥༩་ ཞོ་ ལྔ་
(Translation: rab byung 15 lo 59 zho lnga Cycle 15, year 59, five Sho)
EdgeReeded.
Mint
Mintage47 (1913)  - Y#18: ༡༦ - ༤༧ -
48 (1914)  - Y#18: ༡༦ - ༤༨ -
49 (1915)  - Y#18: ༡༦ - ༤༩ (lion looking upwards) -
49 (1915)  - Y#18.1: ༡༥ - ༤༩ (lion looking backwards) -
50 (1916)  - Y#18: ༡༦ - ༦༠ (lion looking upwards; large lion) -
50 (1916)  - Y#18: ༡༦ - ༦༠ (lion looking upwards; small lion) -
50 (1916)  - Y#18.1: ༡༥ - ༥༠ (lion looking backwards) -
51 (1917)  - Y#18.1: ༡༥ - ༥༡ -
52 (1918)  - Y#18.1: ༡༥ - ༥༢ (without dots in front of lion`s face) -
52 (1918)  - Y#18.2: ༡༥ - ༥༢ (with dots in front of lion`s face) -
53 (1919)  - Y#18.1: ༡༥ - ༥༣ -
56 (1922)  - Y#18.1: ༡༥ - ༥༦ -
58 (1924)  - Y#18: ༡༦ - ༦༨ -
59 (1925)  - Y#18: ༡༦ - ༦༩ -
59 (1925)  - Y#18.1: ༡༥ - ༥༩ -
60 (1926)  - Y#18: ༡༦ - ༦༠ (lion looking upwards) -
60 (1926)  - Y#18.1: ༡༥ - ༦༠ (lion looking backwards) -
1 (1927)  - Y#18.1: ༡༦ - ༡ -
Catalog ID9229689750
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