1 Sho Horizontal Legend; Large Size

Features

Issuer Tibet (China)
Period Ganden Phodrang (1642-1959)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 52 (1918)
Calendar Tibetan (16th cycle)
Value 1 Sho (0.1)
Currency Srang (1792-1959)
Composition Copper
Weight 6.20 g
Diameter 25.6 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number N# 4506
References Y# 21, Y# 21b
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Obverse

Snow lion facing left with scroll ornaments around, all surrounded by Tibetan characters within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus.

Script: Tibetan

Lettering: དགའ་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

Tibetan characters surrounded by arabesques and more characters.

Script: Tibetan

Lettering:
རབ་བྱུང་ ༡༥་ ལོ་ ༥༢་
ཞོ་ གར

Translation:
rab byung 15 lo 52 / zho gang
Cylce 15, Year 52 / One Sho

Edge

Smooth.

 

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