5 Sho Two suns, two mountains

€11,485.00
IssuerTibet
Year1947
TypeStandard circulation coins
Value5 Sho (0.5)
CurrencySrang (1792-1959)
CompositionCopper
Weight8.70 g
Dimensions29 mm
Thickness1.5 mm
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Y#28
Obverse descriptionSnow lion facing left in front of Mount Kailash (two mountain peaks) with two suns in the background.
Obverse script
Obverse lettering
Reverse descriptionTibetan characters surrounded by more characters within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus.
Reverse scriptTibetan
Reverse letteringདགའ་ལྡན་ཕོ་བྲང་ ཕྱོ་ ལས་རྣམ་ རྣམ་རྒྱལ། རབ་བྱུང་ ༡༦ ལོ་༢༡ ཉོ་ལྔ།
(Translation: dga` ldan pho brang phyo(gs) las rnam rgyal / rab byung / 16 lo 21 / zho lnga The Ganden palace, victorious in all directions / Cycle 16, year 21, 5 Sho)
EdgeReeded.
Mint
Mintage21 (1947)  - ༡༦ - ༢༡ (dot at position C) -
21 (1947)  - ༡༦ - ༢༡ (dots at position A and B) -
Catalog ID7606977690
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