Auction: CSS82D - The Wolfgang Bertsch Collection of Tibetan Coins and Banknotes
Lot: 3184
Tibetan Government, Anonymous, error 1½-Srang, 5.87g, Trabshi mint, T.E.16-12 (1938), snow lion facing left in centre with Himalayan range behind with two suns above and ornament below, legend dga' ldan pho brang phyogs las rnam rgyal in eight syllables between inner circle and an outer circle of pearls arranged in groups of two syllables, separated by Buddhist emblems, pair of fish, conch, endless knot and parasol, rev. vase containing foliage with scroll ornaments either side and below, legend: rab byung bcu drug lo bcuis srang 1/5 ("cycle sixteen, year twelve, 1½ srang"), error, tail missing from letter "s" of "srang" reading clockwise from 12 o'clock, separated by four of the auspicious symbols: the banner of victory (north), lotus (east and west) and wheel (south) (LM 660C), PCGS AU50, #45306277, scarce with error
西藏桑松果木1½兩,缺字錯體,PCGS AU50,罕見
Sold for
HK$4,500
Starting price
HK$1600