Watch List notes:

TIBET: Anonymous, AR tangka, ND, Cr-15, Suchakra Vijaya type, struck in 1763-4 or 1785, inscription in Tibetan Seal Script su cakra vijaya within a wheel with eight diamond-shaped spokes, the diamonds not joined to the brackets on either side, NGC graded VF20, RRR, ex Charles Schulz Collection. This remarkable piece is the only Tibetan coin that uses the 'Phags-pa or Seal script, and has the same type on both sides. The legend reads "Suchakra Vijaya", in Sanskrit, meaning "The noble wheel (of the Dharma), victorious". It was struck from a debased alloy, similar to that used in the Nepalese coins that were circulating widely in Tibet at the time. Presumably the Regent decided to strike these coins as a result of public demand, because the supply of new Nepalese coins had been stopped in about 1750. The coin is normally found in worn condition, and this is one of the finest examples in existence. A lower quality specimen sold for $6000 in the Hong Kong Coin Auction 52. We sold a similar example in our Auction 15, Lot 819 for $4,800.

Estimate: 2,000- 3,000 USD