5 Skar

€4,505.00
IssuerTibet
Year1918-1922
TypeStandard circulation coins
Value5 Skar (0.05)
CurrencySrang (1792-1959)
CompositionCopper
Weight2.80 g
Dimensions21 mm
Thickness1.14 mm
Shape and TechniqueRound
Milled
OrientationVariable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) Y#19
Obverse descriptionSnow lion facing left surrounded by Tibetan characters.
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 descriptionTibetan characters surrounded by arabesques and more characters.
Reverse scriptTibetan
Reverse letteringརབ་བྱུང་ ༡༥་ ལོ་ ༤༦་ ལྔ་ སྐར
(Translation: rab byung 15 lo 43 / skar lnga Cylce 15, Year 46 / Five Skar)
EdgeReeded.
Mint
Mintage52 (1918)  - Y#19: ༡༥ - ༥༢ -
53 (1919)  - Y#19: ༡༥ - ༥༣ -
54 (1920)  - Y#19: ༡༥ - ༥༤ -
55 (1921)  - Y#19: ༡༥ - ༥༥ (without dot on reverse) -
55 (1921)  - Y#19.1: ༡༥ - ༥༥ (with dot on reverse) -
56 (1922)  - Y#19: ༡༥ - ༥༦ (without dot on reverse; reverse legend read counter-clockwise) -
56 (1922)  - Y#19: ༡༥ - ༥༦ (without dot on reverse) -
56 (1922)  - Y#19.1: ༡༥ - ༥༦ (with dot on reverse) -
Catalog ID9627106860
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