Xikang Provincial Bank, half rupee, red and yellow, 28th year of the Republic (1939), black serial number D 0021904, obverse landscape near Kangding with Tibetan monastery in the foreground. Tibetan inscription on reverse reads: khams gshing chen gyi dngul mdzod khang (\bank of the Kham Province\\)/ sgor mo phyed (\"half rupee\"; this inscription is also placed in the upper right and lower left corners on both sides of the note)/ krung yang tshes grang pu bka? gnang (\"by order of the Minister of Finance\"),(Pick S1739), PMG 55, About Uncirculated. Extremely rare. The second highest graded note in the PMG population of 4 notes!.
Estimate: $22,000.00 - $45,000.00 ""