TIBET: AE 5 skar (6.35g), year 15-43 (1909), Y-A10, YZM-625, Autonomous Tibetan issue, crouching lion facing left and looking back, sun and three ornaments above and small mountain below, surrounded by a circle to which eight lotus petal panels are attached, each containing one syllable of the legend dga ldan pho brang phyo(gs) las rnam rgyal ("the Ganden Palace, victorious in all directions") // triratna (triple gem) at center, surrounded by two circles with legend around: rab byung 15 lo 43 skar lnga ("cycle 15, year 43, five skar"), PCGS graded EF40, R, ex George Anderson, Wesley Halpert Collections (Spink Auction New York 11 Dec 2000 Lot 139).
Estimate: 500-700 USD