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Auction: CSS36 - Banknotes, Bonds & Shares and Coins of China and Hong Kong
Lot: 637

Tibet, a lot of 4x 25 Srang, yellow, red and blue, bearing serial numbers da/034442, black seal 3B, cha/077909, black seal 3, ca/064385, black seal 3B, and ca/094522, black seal 3. The 25 Srang notes are undated and are known to have been issued between AD 1950 and AD 1955. They bear the imprints of the same types of red and black seals as the 100 Srang notes, but their obverse inscription consists in only two lines of text. The obverse features two snow lions within an ornamental frame. They are supporting the wheel of (Buddhist) religion with one of their front paws. The two lines of inscription read as follows:
"dga´ ldan pho brang phyogs las rnam rgyal/
chos srid gnyis ldan gyi shog dngul srang nyi shu rtsa lnga"
("The Ganden palace victorious in all directions, twenty-five paper silver srang of the religious and worldly government"). The first line of the legend also appears written in seal script in the vertical panels to the left of the red seal and to the right of the black seal. The reverse shows rulers and monks among palaces and monastic buildings on the left of the central panel and the "four brothers living in harmony" (i.e. elephant, monkey, hare and bird helping each other in order to enjoy the fruits of the tree) in the right part. The latter scene is similar to the one found on the reverse of the early 25 Tam notes,
(Pick 10), fine and about very fine (4)


50年代西藏25両紙幣4枚一組，F及AVF品相

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HK$1,500