Tibet 5 Skar, 47 – 52
Information
Country
Tibet
Tibet
Currency
Srang
(1792 – 1959)
Coin type
Standard circulation coin
Denomination
5 Skar
Year
47 – 52
Ruler
Ganden Phodrang
(1642–1959)
Composition
Copper
Shape
Round
Alignment
Medal alignment ↑↑
Weight (g)
6.2
Diameter (mm)
27
Demonetized
Yes
Description
5 Skar from Tibet. Issued from 47 to 52. Struck in Copper. Measures 27 mm and weighs 6.2 g.
- Obverse
- Snow lion facing left with scroll ornaments around, 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
- Flower surrounded by Tibetan characters. (rab byung 15 lo 43 skar lnga Cycle 15, Year 43, five Skar)
- Edge
- Smooth.
Mintage & Variants
| Date | Mintage | Comment | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 (1918) | — | Y#17: ༡༥ - ༥༢ (lion looking upward) | 14% | |
| 52 (1918) | — | Y#17.1: ༡༥ - ༥༢ (lion looking back) | 8% | |
| 51 (1917) | — | Y#17: ༡༥ - ༥༡ (lion looking upward) | 12% | |
| 51 (1917) | — | Y#17.1: ༡༥ - ༥༡ (lion looking back) | 10% | |
| 50 (1916) | — | Y#17: ༡༥ - ༥༠ (lion looking upward) | 27% | |
| 50 (1916) | — | Y#17.1: ༡༥ - ༥༠ (lion looking back) | 27% | |
| 49 (1915) | — | Y#17: ༡༥ - ༤༩ (lion looking upward) | 5% | |
| 49 (1915) | — | Y#17.1: ༡༥ - ༤༩ (lion looking back) | 5% | |
| 49 (1915) | — | Y#17.2: ༡༥ - ༤༩ (lion looking back and upwards) | 5% | |
| 48 (1914) | — | Y#17: ༡༥ - ༤༨ (lion looking upward) | 7% | |
| 48 (1914) | — | Y#17.1: ༡༥ - ༤༨ (lion looking back) | 14% | |
| 48 (1914) | — | Y#17.2: ༡༥ - ༤༨ (lion looking back and upwards; two-line variety) | 3% | |
| 48 (1914) | — | Y#17.2: ༡༥ - ༤༨ (lion looking back and upwards) | 7% | |
| 48 (1914) | — | Y#17.3: ༡༥ - ༤༨ (lion looking back and sideways) | 14% | |
| 47 (1913) | — | Y#17: ༡༥ - ༤༧ (lion looking upward) | 20% |
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