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Auction: CSS32 - The Numismatic Collectors' Series incl. The Nicholas Rhodes Collection of Tibetan Coins, Tibetan and Nepalese Banknotes
Lot: 116

Chinese Republic for Tibet (c. early 1950s), Yuan Shikai Dollar, 27.00g, dated 3rd year of the Republic, rev. closed "triangle" in the upper part of the character for yuan (KM 329 var), very fine


According to N.Rhodes (Rhodes, Nicholas: "A Communist Chinese Restrike". Spink's Numismatic Circular, vol. 83, 1975, p. 239-240) this variety with a closed "triangle" in the upper part of the character for yuan on reverse was struck in China for use in Tibet in the early 1950s.
This variety of the Yuan Shikai Dollar is said to have been struck in the Chengdu mint. Owing to their high silver content these coins became quite popular in Tibet where they were called dayan. They were also used by Tibetan traders to pay for imports from India.
For further discussions regarding this variety see the following webpage:
http://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=16199



民國三年袁世凱像壹圓銀幣, 50年代西藏版, VF

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