Tibet BE15-52 sho KM-Y21b

Steve Album sale 39, lot 1237

This specimen was lot 1237 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $390. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TIBET: AE sho, BE15-52 (1918), lion left, looking backwards; large size planchet, PCGS graded AU55, S." This type was struck year 52 only at the Tapchi mint. The subsequent type, KM Y21.1b, was reduced to 24 mm diameter.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.95-4.09 g, copper, 25.6 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Y-21b.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

• BE15-48 (1914) 5 sho, lion looking up
• BE15-49 (1915) 5 sho, lion looking back
• Tibet BE15-52 20 srang
• Tibet BE16-7 3 srang
• Coins and currency dated 1918