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Auction: CSS32 - The Numismatic Collectors' Series incl. The Nicholas Rhodes Collection of Tibetan Coins, Tibetan and Nepalese Banknotes
Lot: 80

Tibet, Xuan Tong, 1-Tam Srang, 18.56g, first year (1909), shon thong (upper trapezium) /khri (trapezium to the left)/ lo 1 (trapezium to the right)/ srang gang (lower trapezium), "One Srang of the first year of Xuan Tong", the eight auspicious Buddhist emblems (Tibetan bkra shis rtag brgyad) placed around the central square, rev. legend placed inside eight lotus petals: dga' ldan pho brang phyo(gs) las rnam rgyal ("the Ganden Palace victorious in all directions") (YZM 384; KM. Y#9; LM 657), PCGS XF 40 and rare


Numerous obverse variants of the 1-Srang coins dated to the first year of Xuan Tong exist. The features on the obverse which differ are the ornaments placed outside the larger square in the north-west and south-east position and the norbu in the centre.
The reverse legend is an expression referring to the Tibetan government as it was created by the 5th Dalai Lama in 1642, while he was still residing in the Ganden Palace within the Drepung monastery.



宣統元年西藏壹桑銀幣, 約18.54克, PCGS XF 40

Estimate
HK$30,000 to HK$40,000