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5 Srang Pattern, silver
| Issuer | Tibet |
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| Year | 1953 |
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| Currency | Srang (1792-1959) |
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| Obverse description | Central device features a snow lion passant facing left, set before the stylized slopes of Mount Kailash, with a crescent moon and sun depicted in the upper field. The entire central design is encircled by a border of Tibetan script legend reading the name of the Ganden Palace and the denomination. The composition is characteristic of traditional Tibetan iconography, with the snow lion serving as the heraldic emblem of Tibet. |
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| Reverse lettering | ཆོས་སྲིད་ གཉིས་ལྡན་ རབ་ལོ་ ༩༢༧་ (Translation: ljongs chos srid gnyis ldan rab lo 927 Cyclic year 927 of the both the religious and worldly [government]) |
| Edge | Plain |
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