Lot 182
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Pattern 1 Sho (5.34g) in brass, dated 16-1 (1927), probably struck in Lhasa, as an original die for the reverse type, which is the work of a Tibetan die engraver, has recently been published in China, plain edge, K&M.Pn9, extremely fine, prooflike, and extremely rare
Pattern 1 Sho (5.34g) in brass, dated 16-1 (1927), probably struck in Lhasa, as an original die for the reverse type, which is the work of a Tibetan die engraver, has recently been published in China, plain edge, K&M.Pn9, extremely fine, prooflike, and extremely rare

Details
Pattern 1 Sho (5.34g) in brass, dated 16-1 (1927), probably struck in Lhasa, as an original die for the reverse type, which is the work of a Tibetan die engraver, has recently been published in China, plain edge, K&M.Pn9, extremely fine, prooflike, and extremely rare
Further details
The above seven lots include some of the rarest and most desirable of modern Tibetan coins. Although Y.32 has been listed for many years as a normal coin, it is very rare, and was certainly never issued for normal circulation, since by the time it was struck, the silver value was far higher than the face value. These patterns were published, among others, by Wolfgang Bertsch in NI Bulletin, Jan.1997, pp.7-18. This is the first time that any of these them have been offered in public auction.