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Auction: CSS108C - Chinese Banknotes and Coins
Lot: 2555

China, Qing Dynasty, issued for Tibet, [PCGS AU Details] Quarter Szechuan Rupee, 2.67g, undated (1904-1912), Chengdu mint, rev. without small leaf to the left of the character 'Zao' (9 o'clock position) (LM-362), PCGS AU Details (Cleaned), cert. #45306774, very rare reverse type. According to Wang Chengzhi ("Sichuan Zang yang", ("Tibetan Silver coins of Sichuan"), China Numismatics, 1983.3, p.12-18 and plate 54), the Half-Rupee coins were struck by the Chengdu mint in 1904, 1905, 1907 & 1912


1904-1912年西藏四川1/4盧比，光緒帝像，背面「造」字旁沒無葉版，成都造幣廠鑄，PCGS AU Details，有清洗，大熱角分幣版別，無葉版更是絕無僅有，Wolfgang Bertsch舊藏

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