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Auction: CSS108C - Chinese Banknotes and Coins
Lot: 2560

China, Republic, issued for Tibet, [PCGS XF40] countermarked Szechuan Rupee, 10.84g, undated (1919), Kanding mint, head of the Chinese emperor Guang Xu with collar, countermark "Li Yong Lam" in rectangular stamp in right field (Gabrisch and Bertsch type I), rev. vertical rosette with legend 'Si Chuan Sheng Zao' within wreath derived from those found on Indian Rupees (host coin YZM 487-88; KM Y# 3.4; L&M 364, WS 0774), PCGS XF40, cert. #45306761, Wolfgang Bertsch Collection. The Szechuan Rupees of alloyed silver that were struck in Kanding are occasionally found with countermarks in Tibetan and / or Chinese script and marks consisting of western fitures or the English word "one". The meaning of most of these are uncertain, but we can presume that they were applied to coins by local authorities, such as monasteries or dzong dpon (district officials) in order to enforce the circulation of low grade silver Sichuan Rupees in specific areas of Tibet. This is in contrast to the well known Chinese chop marks that were applied in order to indicate that the coin was of fine silver. Most of the known countermarks used in Tibet were described by Karl Gabrisch and Wolfgang Bertsch in "Chopmarks on Sichuan Rupees and Coins from Tibet" Numismatis International Bulletin, vol.26, no.3, Dallas, March 1991, pp.57-65).


1919年西藏四川盧比，帶「Ƨ用里」戳印，康定造幣廠鑄，有領直花，PCGS XF40，Wolfgang Bertsch舊藏

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