10 Srang Copper-Nickel Restrike
Features
| Location |
Tibet
(China)  |
|---|---|
| Period |
Ganden Phodrang (1642-1959)
|
| Type | Coin replicas |
| Year | 24 (1950) |
| Calendar | Tibetan (16th cycle) |
| Value | 10 Srang |
| Currency | Srang (1792-1959) |
| Composition | Copper-nickel |
| Diameter | 32.2 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Issued | 1978 |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 562206 |
| References | X# 4 Krause Publications (publisher). Unusual World Coins. Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States (5 volumes). |
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.
Script: Tibetan
Lettering: དགའ་ལྡན་ཕོ་བྲང་ ཕྱོ་ ལས་རྣམ་ རྣམ་རྒྱལ།
Unabridged legend: dga' ldan pho brang phyo(gs) las rnam rgyal
Translation: 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.
Script: Tibetan
Lettering:
ཆོས་སྲིད་ གཉིས་ལྡན་ རབ་བྱུང་ བཅུ་དྲུག་
སོ ༢༢
སྲང ༡༠
Unabridged legend: chos srid gnyis ldan rab byung bcu drug / lo 22 / srang 10
Translation: The religious and political government, Cycle sixteen / Year 22 / 10 Srang
Edge
Reeded
Mint
Valcambi, Balerna, Switzerland (1961-date)Comments
Per Unusual World Coins, 6th edition this issue was authorized by the Dalai Lama in exile and produced by the Valcambi mint in 1978.
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| Date | Mintage | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 24 (1950) | 5 000 | Proof | |||||||||||||
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