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THE NICHOLAS RHODES COLLECTION - COINS OF TIBET499 500499 China for Tibet, anonymous (c.1875-1908), fantasy 1- Tael, 23.86g, undated, Chineselegend: xi zang yuan Liang (“Tibet, one Liang”) (Bruce X #T1), very fine500 Tibet, Anonymous, forgery of 1-Tam Srang, 18.82g, (15-43), vertical stroke in northsymbol on reverse (YZM -, KM -), very fineThis coin appears to be a cast forgery of the scarce variant with vertical stroke in the northsymbol on reverse. It has reeded edge instead of plain edge.Note that the endless knot (7 o’clock position) on reverse is open on its upper (left) end.HK$300-450(US$40-60)HK$1,500-1,800(US$200-250)501501 Tibet, Xuan Tong, base metal forgery of 1-Tam Srang, 12.54g, 1st year, possibly acontemporary light weight forgery (YZM -; KM -), with deep toning, fine502 Tibet, Xuan Tong, forgery of Quarter-Sho, 5.66g, first year (YZM 389; KM -), very fineand scarceThis forgery struck in silver or white metal was produced in Northern India in the early1970s.502HK$750-1,000(US$100-120)HK$600-750(US$80-100)503503 Tibet, Anonymous, forgery of a 20-Tam Srang, struck in gold, 10.91g, 15-43 (YZM - ;KM -), very fine and scarcePROVENANCE:Ex. Karl Gabrisch collection, Baldwin, Ma Tak Wo, Monetarium & Gillio Auction,Hong Kong, 1 September 2005, lot 202.Although this coin was described as forgery by Karl Gabrisch (“Beiträge zur TibetischenNumismatik II: Die Tibetischen Goldmünzen und deren Fälschungen”. MünsterscheNumismatische Zeitschrift, vol. 20, no. 2, 1990, p. 1-3 and vol. 21, no. 2, 1991, p. 1-5)and again in the auction catalogue of the Gabrisch collection, it is occasionally offered asgenuine Tibetan gold coin.This forgery was most probably made by a Tibetan medical doctor in Nepal in the 1970s.HK$4,000-4,500(US$500-600)WWW.SPINK.COM