2½ Skar

Features

Issuer Tibet (China)
Period Ganden Phodrang (1642-1959)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 43 (1909)
Calendar Tibetan (16th cycle)
Value 2½ Skar (1⁄40)
Currency Srang (1792-1959)
Composition Copper
Weight 4.20 g
Diameter 24 mm
Thickness 1.4 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
297390
References Y# 10
Richard S. Yeoman, Arthur L. Friedberg; 2007. A Catalog of Modern World Coins : 1850-1964 (14th edition). Whitman Publishing Company, Atlanta, United States.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Snow lion facing left with scroll ornaments around, all surrounded by Tibetan characters within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus.

Script: Tibetan

Lettering: དགའ་ལྡན་ཕོ་བྲང་ ཕྱོ་ ལས་རྣམ་ རྣམ་རྒྱལ།

Translation:
dga' ldan pho brang phyo(gs) las rnam rgyal
The Ganden palace, victorious in all directions

Reverse

Triratna (triple gem) surrounded by Tibetan characters

Script: Tibetan

Lettering: རབ་བྱུང་ ༡༥་ ལོ་ ༤༣་ སྐར་ཕྱེད་གསུམ་

Translation:
rab byung 15 lo 43 skar phyed gsum
Cycle 15, Year 43, half off three Skar

Edge

Smooth.

Mint

Dodé Mint, Dodé Valley, Tibet, China (1907-1930)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
43 (1909)  Photo ༡༥ - ༤༣

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 2½ SkarPicture 1 of a sold 2½ Skar
Heritage Auctions
2021 December 11 - 13 HKINF World Coins Signature® Auction - Hong Kong 3095
Lot 35179
Internet Archive
12 Dec 2021 UNC
(NGC MS62)
USD 12 000.00
(incl. buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 2½ SkarPicture 1 of a sold 2½ Skar
Heritage Auctions
2015 December 11 - 12 World & Ancient Coins Signature Auction 3043
Lot 29112
Internet Archive
11 Dec 2015 XF
(NGC XF45 Brown)
USD 1614.00
(incl. buyer's premium)
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