Tibet 10 Srang, 23 – 26
Moon and sun
Information
Country
Tibet
Tibet
Currency
Srang
(1792 – 1959)
Coin type
Standard circulation coin
Denomination
10 Srang
Year
23 – 26
Ruler
Ganden Phodrang
(1642–1959)
Composition
Billon
Shape
Round
Alignment
Medal alignment ↑↑
Technique
Milled
Weight (g)
16.7
Diameter (mm)
32
Thickness (mm)
2.2
Demonetized
Yes
Description
10 Srang from Tibet. Issued from 23 to 26. Struck in Billon. Measures 32 mm and weighs 16.7 g.
- Obverse
- Snow lion facing left in front of Mount Kailash with a sun and a moon in the background, all surrounded by Tibetan characters within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus. (dga' ldan pho brang phyo(gs) las rnam rgyal The Ganden palace, victorious in all directions)
- Reverse
- Two Mongoose facing a banner of victory over disharmony with Tibetan characters above, all surrounded by more characters within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus. (chos srid gnyis ldan rab byung bcu drug / lo 22 / srang 10 The religious and political government, Cycle sixteen / Year 22 / 10 Srang)
- Edge
- Reeded.
Mintage & Variants
| Date | Mintage | Comment | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 (1952) | — | དྲུག - ༢༦ | 19% | |
| 26 (1952) | — | དྲུག - ༢༦/༢༥ (overdate) | 11% | |
| 25 (1951) | — | དྲུག - ༢༥ (with dot) | 17% | |
| 25 (1951) | — | དྲུག - ༢༥ (without dot) | 19% | |
| 25 (1951) | — | དྲུག - ༢༥/༢༤ (overdate; with dot) | 8% | |
| 25 (1951) | — | དྲུག - ༢༥/༢༤ (overdate; without dot) | 14% | |
| 24 (1950) | — | དྲུག - ༢༤ | 28% | |
| 24 (1950) | — | དྲུག - ༢༤ (with moon cut over sun) | 6% | |
| 24 (1950) | — | དྲུག - ༢༤/༢༢ (overdate) | 11% | |
| 24 (1950) | — | དྲུག - ༢༤/༢༣ (overdate; with moon cut over sun | 17% | |
| 24 (1950) | — | དྲུག - ༢༤/༢༣ (overdate) | 14% | |
| 23 (1949) | — | དྲུག - ༢༣ | 31% |
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