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Auction 30  18-20 Jan 2018
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Lot 1985

Starting price: 90 USD
Price realized: 220 USD
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TIBET: AR rupee (10.89g), Kangding mint, ND (1919), Y-3.3, WS-766B, Szechuan-Tibet trade issue, large portrait of the Chinese emperor Guang Xu with collar derived from British Indian rupee of Queen Victoria // vertical rosette at center, Chinese inscription, si chuan sheng zao ("made in Sichuan"), branches with cusps and flowers around, a feature also derived from the reverse of British Indian rupees, countermarked numeral 5 in rectangular depression and single Chinese character (perhaps shí máo) within square depression, PCGS graded VF35, S, ex George Anderson Collection. The Sichuan rupees which were struck in Kangding of alloyed silver are occasionally found with countermarks in Tibetan and or Chinese script and marks consisting of Western numerals or the English word "one". The meaning of most of these marks remains uncertain, but we can presume that they were applied to the coins by local authorities, such as monasteries or dzong dpon (district officials) in order to enforce the circulation of the Sichuan rupees made of low grade silver in a specific area of Tibet.

Estimate: 100-150 USD
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