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TIBET: AR rupee, Kangding mint, ND (1939-42). VF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Chinese Coins - Tibet Start Price:85.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
TIBET: AR rupee, Kangding mint, ND (1939-42). VF
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This item SOLD at 2019 Sep 13 @ 21:53UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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TIBET: AR rupee, Kangding mint, ND (1939-42), Y-3.3, Szechuan-Tibet trade issue, large portrait of the Chinese emperor Guang Xu with collar derived from British Indian rupee of Queen Victoria // vertical rosette at center, Chinese inscription, si chuan sheng zao ("made in Sichuan"), branches with cusps and flowers around, a feature also derived from the reverse of British Indian rupees, countermarked numeral 5 twice in rectangular depressions, VF. With portrait of Guang Xu derived from British Indian rupee of Queen Victoria. For use by the lamas of Litang Lamasery which today is located in the southwest part of the Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province.