Tibet (1909) srang Y-9
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This specimen was lot 22822 in Heritage sale 3021 (New York, January 2013), where it sold for $9,400. The catalog description[1] noted, "Theocracy Srang CD1 (1909), MS62 NGC, a choice coin with sharply struck details and soft original patina. Very rare in this select quality; we cannot recall another mint state example." Tibet, now a (reluctant) part of China, had secured a de facto independence from China as the Manchu Empire decayed in the late nineteenth century. Tibetan currency was a mixture of Chinese, Nepalese and India units complicated by frequent debasements. One srang = 6-2/3 tangka = 10 sho.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-Y9.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Lin Gwo Ming, Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Gold & Silver Coins: Ching and Republican Issues, Seventh Edition, Hong Kong: Ma Tak Wo Numismatic Co., Ltd., 2012.
- [1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3021, featuring the Cecil Webster, Richard P. Ariagno and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collection, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2012.
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