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THE NICHOLAS RHODES COLLECTION - COINS OF TIBET555655 Tibet, Jia Qing, 1-Sho, 3.58g, 6th year, date near the rim: nian liu (sixth year), the firstcharacter at 9 o’clock, the second at 3 o’clock), rev. Tibetan legend ca’ chin/’khri bzhugs(Jia Qing throne honorable) in three lines in the centre flanked by two columns ofManchurian script: menggun/ningun (“silver money/six”), reading the left column ofscript first, Tibetan date near the rim: gung lo drug pa (honourable year sixth), the firstcharacter at 12 o’clock, the second at 9 o’clock, the third at 3 o’clock and the last at 6o’clock (YZM 132; KM. C#85; LM 641D), in PCGS holder, graded VF30, fine and veryrarePROVENANCE:Ex. Wesley Halpert collection, Spink, New York, 11 December 2000, lot 97.This is the only Tibetan coin which has legends in three different scripts of three differentlanguages: Chinese, Tibetan and Manchurian. A free translation of the complete Tibetanlegend reads “The sixth honorable throne year of Jia Qing.”56 Tibet, Jia Qing, 1-Sho, 3.62g, 8th year, 21 beads, 10 in top section, 11 below, date nearthe rim: nian ba (eighth year), the first character at 9 o’clock, the second at 3 o’clock, rev.20 beads, 10 both sides of date, Tibetan legend reads “bca’ ” (three letters) instead of“ca’ ” (two letters), date: brgyad pa (eighth), the first character at 12 o’clock and thesecond at 6 o’clock (YZM 135 var; KM. C#83.3; LM -), about very fine, rare legendvariantPROVENANCE:Ex G.E.Chapman collection, acquired by Nicholas Rhodes in 1978 (see letter byNicholas Rhodes to Carlo Valdettaro, dated Kingston-upon Thames 24.3.1978).The coins of year 8, 9, 24 and 25 of the Jia Qing era are known struck from manydifferent dies which can easily be distinguished by counting the number of beads whichare placed near the rim on both sides of the coins.The coins of years 8 and 9 do not have the four “cloud” ornaments on the obverse thatcan be seen on all other Sino-Tibetan coins of the Qian Long, Jia Qing and Dao Guangeras.HK$45,000-60,000(US$6,000-8,000)HK$15,000-20,000(US$2,000-2,500)57 5857 Tibet, Jia Qing, 1-Sho, 3.70g, 8th year, 20 beads, 12 in top section, 11 below, date asbefore, rev. 25 beads, 12 to left, 13 to right of date, Tibetan legend reads “bca’ ” (threeletters) instead of “ca’ ” (two letters), date as before ( YZM 135 var; KM C#83.3;LM -), toned very fine/about very fine, rare legend variant58 Tibet, Jia Qing, 1-Sho, 3.66g, 8th year, 27 beads, 13 in top section, 14 below, date asbefore, rev. 28 beads, 14 both sides of date, Tibetan legend reads “ca’ ” (two letters), dateas before (YZM 136-144; KM. C#83.2; LM 642 var), flan slightly bent, about very fineand scarce, coins of the 8th and 9th year of Jia Qing era are seldom found in such a goodconditionHK$15,000-20,000(US$2,000-2,500)HK$9,000-11,000(US$1,000-1,200)WWW.SPINK.COM