TIBET: AE 7½ skar (9.98g), year 15-43 (1909), Y-11, YZM-626, Autonomous Tibetan issue, snow lion looking back, sun and 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") // rab byung 15 lo 43 skar phyed brgyad ("cycle 15, year 43, seven and half skar" or literally "cycle 15, year 43, take half off eight skar"), PCGS graded EF40, R, ex George Anderson, Wesley Halpert Collections (Spink Auction New York 11 Dec 2000 Lot 138).
Estimate: 500-600 USD