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THE NICHOLAS RHODES COLLECTION - COINS OF TIBET122 123122 Tibet, Dao Guang, 1-Sho, 3.27g, 15th year, 25 beads, 6 in each upper segment, 13 inlower half, rev. 28 beads, 6 in each upper segment, 16 in lower half, the Tibetan syllableat 6 o’clock is spelt krong instead of kwong (YZM 240-242 var; KM. C#93; LM 650 var),small part of edge missing between 3 and 4 o’clock, about very fine and rareHK$10,000-13,000(US$1,300-1,700)123 Tibet, Dao Guang, 1-Sho, 3.69g, 15th year, 27 beads, 7 and 6 beads in each uppersegment, 14 in lower half, rev. 27 beads, 6 in each upper segment, 15 in lower half, theTibetan syllable at 6 o’clock is spelt kwong as normal (YZM 240-242; KM. C#93; LM650 var), very fine and rare HK$11,000-14,000(US$1,400-1,800)124125124 Tibet, Dao Guang, 1-Sho, 3.76g, 15th year, 27 beads, 7 and 6 beads in each uppersegment, 14 in lower half, rev. 28 beads, 6 in each upper segment, 16 in lower half, theTibetan syllable at 6 o’clock is spelt kwong as normal (YZM 240-242; KM. C#93; LM650 var), edge ragged, about very fine and rare HK$9,000-11,000(US$1,100-1,400)125 Tibet, Dao Guang, 1-Sho, 3.73g, 15th year, 25 beads, 6 in each upper segment, 13 inlower half, rev. 28 beads, 6 in each upper segment, 16 in lower half, the Tibetan syllableat 6 o’clock is spelt kwong as normal (YZM 240-242; KM. C#93; LM 650 var), goodfine/fine and rareHK$9,000-11,000(US$1,100-1,400)126126 Tibet, Dao Guang, 1-Sho, 3.76g, 16th year, 22 beads, 6 in each upper segment, 10 inlower half, date nian shi liu (16th year) reads clockwise starting at 9 o’clock near rim, rev.26 beads, 5 in each upper segment, 16 in lower half, Tibetan date: bcu dgu pa (sixteenth),reads clockwise starting at 12 o’clock (YZM 243-247; KM. C#93; LM 651 var), very fineand rareThe coins of this date have no elongated dot on the reverse.HK$11,000-14,000(US$1,400-1,800)WWW.SPINK.COM