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Auction: CSS82D - The Wolfgang Bertsch Collection of Tibetan Coins and Banknotes
Lot: 3154

Tibet, Anonymous (13th Dalai Lama), off metal strike, copper 5-Sho, 8.47g, Mekyi mint, 15-53 (1919), snow lion looking backwards, cross above back, with sun and three ornaments above, all within circle to which eight lotus petals are attached, each contains one syllable of the legend dga' ldan pho brang phyo(gs) las rnam rgyal (The Ganden Palace, victorious in all directions), rev. triratna (triple gem) in centre surrounded by circle with legend around (starting at 12 o'clock and reading clockwise: rab byung 15 lo 53 zho lnga (cycle 15, year 53, 5-Sho), this surrounded by a circle to which eight lotus petals are attached, each containing one of the eight Buddhist auspicious emblems (Y#18.1a), with warm red lustre, slightly uneven, but generally extremely fine, this date rare in silver, and very rare in copper


1919年西藏雪阿果木五錢，帶紅銅光，EF，極美，銀幣已稀見，銅幣更為珍罕

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