西藏桑松果木五钱狮子 PCGS XF 40
Lot 2057 TIBET: pattern AR 5 sho 405.02g41， ND 401928-3041， KM-PnA12， YZM-497， Autonomous Tibetan issue， crouching snow lion， facing left， looking diagonally upwards right with sun and three ornaments above and small mountain below， within a circular border to which eight lotus petals are attached， each containing one of the eight Buddhist auspicious emblems， with circle and beaded border around Tibetan legend zho lnga 4034five sho3441 at center of an ornamental cartouche， with the standard legend which refers to the Tibetan Government: dga39 ldan pho brang phyogs las rnam rayal around， the legend’s syllables separated by the usual beads 40Tibetan tsheg = 34syllable marker3441， this surrounded by a circle composed of cloud-shaped elements connected by arches， between each pair of which there is a bead， all within a beaded circular border， PCGS graded EF40， RR， ex George Anderson Collection. In older editions of the Krause Standard Catalog of World Coins， this coin was listed as a regular issue 40as Y-3241， but it is now believed that it is a pattern coin struck between 1928 and 1930 in the Dode mint withthe imported coining presses from the British firm Taylor Challen.
