Tibet, Pseudo-autonomous CU 1 Sho. Under the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. Dated BE 16th cycle, 9th year = AD 1935. Lion walking to left, radiant sun above; Tibetan script around / Tibetan script. KM Y23. 4.79g, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
After the collapse of the Qing Dynasty in China in 1912, Tibet existed as a de facto independent state until its illegal annexation by the People's Republic of China in 1951.