Tibet 10 Srang, 24 – 25

Military payment

Obverse Reverse

Information

Country Tibet Tibet
Currency Srang (1792 – 1959)
Coin type Standard circulation coin
Denomination 10 Srang
Year 24 – 25
Ruler Ganden Phodrang (1642–1959)
Composition Billon
Shape Round
Alignment Medal alignment ↑↑
Technique Milled
Weight (g) 16.8
Diameter (mm) 32
Thickness (mm) 2.2
Demonetized Yes

Description

10 Srang from Tibet. Issued from 24 to 25. Struck in Billon. Measures 32 mm and weighs 16.8 g.

Obverse
Snow lion facing left in front of Mount Kailash with two suns 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
Tibetan characters surrounded by more characters within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus. ('du dgod bde skyid 'dod rgu 'khyil ba / rab byung bcu / drug lo nyer bzhi / dngul srang bcu
Affairs, happiness, objects of desire, turning around / Cycle sixteen / Year twenty-four / Ten silver Srang)
Edge
Reeded.

Mintage & Variants

Date Mintage Comment Frequency
25 (1951)  — བཅུ - ལྔ 24%
25 (1951)  — བཅུ - ལྔ/བཞི (overdate) 15%
24 (1950)  — བཅུ - བཞི (with dot after year) 33%
24 (1950)  — བཅུ - བཞི (without dot after year) 57%

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