Tibet (1910) skar
This specimen was lot 53508 in Stack's Bowers Hong Kong auction (Hong Kong, April 2021), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "CHINA. Tibet. Skar, ND (1910). NGC EF-45 Brown. A SCARCE one year type. A slightly unevenly struck example with a die crack crossing the dragon side from 4 to 10. Nice even chocolate brown patina, and our first offering since August 2019 (SBP HK lot 51479, EF Details)." 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 Indian units complicated by frequent debasements.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: copper, 27 mm diameter, 5.4-6.6 g.
Catalog reference: KM-Y4; CL-XZ.07.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The April 2021 Hong Kong Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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