TIBET: AR rupee, Chengdu mint, ND (1933-39), Y-3.4, Szechuan-Tibet trade issue, small portrait of the Chinese emperor Guang Xu with flat nose & collar // vertical rosette at center, Chinese inscription, si chuan sheng zao "made in Sichuan", branches with cusps and flowers around, F-VF. The Sichuan rupees of this type from the Kangding mint were struck in debased silver ranging from .500 to .650 fine silver.
