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Auction 45  26-29 Jan 2023
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Lot 2479

Starting price: 140 USD
Price realized: 400 USD
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TIBET: AR rupee, Chengdu, ND (1902-11), Y-3.1, L&M-358, Szechuan-Tibet trade issue, small portrait of the Chinese emperor Guang Xu without collar, derived from the British Indian rupee of Queen Victoria // horizontal 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, tooled, PCGS graded EF details. The Sichuan rupees of this type from the Chengdu Mint ranged from .880 to .935 fine silver.

Estimate: 150-250 USD
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