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Auction: CSS48 - CSS48 - The Numismatic Collectors' Series sale - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 1881

Tibet, Xuan Tong, 1-Tam Srang, 18.56g, first year (1909), shon thong (upper trapezium) /khri (trapezium to the left)/ lo 1 (trapezium to the right)/ srang gang (lower trapezium), "One Srang of the first year of Xuan Tong", the eight auspicious Buddhist emblems (Tibetan bkra shis rtag brgyad) placed around the central square, rev. legend placed inside eight lotus petals: dga' ldan pho brang phyo(gs) las rnam rgyal ("the Ganden Palace victorious in all directions") (KM-Pn10, WS0311), PCGS XF 40 and rare, also the WS plate coin


Numerous obverse variants of the 1-Srang coins dated to the first year of Xuan Tong exist. The features on the obverse which differ are the ornaments placed outside the larger square in the north-west and south-east position and the norbu in the centre.
The reverse legend is an expression referring to the Tibetan government as it was created by the 5th Dalai Lama in 1642, while he was still residing in the Ganden Palace within the Drepung monastery.

Estimate
HK$21,000 to HK$25,000