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THE NICHOLAS RHODES COLLECTION - COINS OF TIBET304304 (x1.5)304 Tibet, Anonymous (c.1928-30), 5-Sho pattern, 6.26g, undated, similar to the 10-Tampattern (lot 302), except that lotus on obverse (5 o’clock position) has a bead and smallcircle in the centre, rev. legend in centre reads zho lnga (“five Sho”) (YZM 497; KM.PnA12), in PCGS holder, extremely fine and very rareIn older editions of KM this coin was listed as a regular issue (as Y # 32), but it is nowbelieved that it is a pattern coin struck between 1928 and 1930 in the Dode mint withthe imported coining presses from the British firm Taylor & Challen.HK$60,000-75,000(US$8,000-10,000)305305 (x1.5)305 Tibet, Anonymous (c.1928-30), 1-Tam Srang pattern, 6.04g, undated, same as previouscoin, rev. flower shaped wheel with eight spokes and norbu dga’ kyil (“whirling jewel ofjoy”) in centre, surrounded by eight arches and a circle, the legend: dga’ ldan pho brangphyogs las rnam rgyal tam srang 1 (“the Gaden Palace, victorious in all directions 1 TamSrang”) around, within a beaded circular border (YZM 498; KM Pn 10), in PCGS holder,graded SP64, extremely rareThis pattern was probably among the first coins to be struck in the Dode mint between1928 and 1930 using the imported coining presses from the British firm Taylor &Challen. The obverse appears to have been struck from the same obverse die as theprevious coin, lot 304. The reverse design is inspired by that of the 20 Tam gold coins.HK$60,000-75,000(US$8,000-10,000)WWW.SPINK.COM
August 21, 2013 - HONG KONG306306 (x1.5)306 Tibet, Anonymous, 5-Sho pattern, 4.44g, 16-4 (1930), crouching snow lion, facing left,looking diagonally upwards, norbu dga’ kyil (“whirling jewel of joy”), three ornamentsabove and small mountain below, within a circular border to which eight lotus petals areattached, each containing one syllable of the standard legend dga’ ldan pho brang phyogslas rnam rgyal, rev. central legend zho lnga (“five Sho”) within circle around which runslegend: rab byung 16 lo 4 (“cycle 16 year 4”), the syllables being separated by lotus flowerswith eight petals (YZM 425; KM Pn 13), in PCGS holder, graded SP66, very rarePROVENANCE:Ex. Carlo Valdettaro collection (1987).The reverse of this coin seems to have been struck from the altered reverse die of thefollowing coin, lot 307 (Rhodes, Nicholas G.: “Two Tibetan Pattern Coins,” OrientalNumismatic Society Newsletter, no. 105, March-April 1987).HK$60,000-75,000(US$8,000-10,000)307307 Tibet, Anonymous, brass Shokang pattern, 4.34g, 16-1, crouching lion of Europeanstyle, facing left, similar to that on the 20 Tam Srang pattern coin (lot 300), otherwisesimilar to previous lot, rev. as previous lot but central legend reads zho gang (“one Sho”)with peripheral legend: rab byung 16 lo 1 (“cycle 16 year 1”), (YZM 770; KM Pn 9), inPCGS holder, graded SP64, very rarePROVENANCE:Acquired from <strong>Spink</strong> together with lot 301 in 1977. <strong>Spink</strong> had purchased this coin inthe U.S.A.Only two other specimens are known. These were offered in a fixed price list by GirijaE.Brilliant and Lawrence B. Brilliant: Himalayan Numismatics, Winter 1983, p.14, lot71. The Brilliants mention that one of their two specimens came from the collection ofH. Chang (author of The Silver Dollars and Taels of China) and the other from thecollection of proofs and patterns of the Birmingham mint.Most probably the dies used for striking these coins were sent to Tibet by the British firmTaylor & Challen of Birmingham. According to Nicholas Rhodes “the dies for thispattern 1-Sho piece were sent to Tibet, perhaps from Birmingham, and were subseqentlyground down and re-engraved by the Tibetans, and used to strike the silver 5-Sho coins”(Rhodes, Nicholas G.: “Two Tibetan Pattern Coins”. Oriental Numismatic SocietyNewsletter, no. 105, March-April 1987). The cataloguer would prefer to state thatoriginally at least two pairs of dies existed out of which one pair was only partly grounddown before being re-engraved, while the other pair was left in the original state and isillustrated by Zhu Jinzhong, Wang Hai Yan, Wang Jia Feng, Zhang Wu Yi, Wu Han Lin,Wang Dui and Tse ring Pin cuo: Zhong guo Xi zang Qian bi (Chinese Tibet’s Money). Xizang zi zhi ou qian bi xue hui (Tibet Autonomous Region Numismatic Society). Zhonghua Shu ju, ISBN 7-101-03360-4/Z.449, Beijing, 2002, p.200, no. 3-21 and 3-22. Areverse die for striking of the 5-Sho pattern, dated 16-4 is illutrated in the same work,p.199, no. 3-20. A master die for the production of the shokang pattern, dated 16-1, alsoexisted and is illustrated by Cao Gang: Zhong guo xi zang di feng huo bi (Chinese Tibet’sRegional Currency), Sichuan Minzi Chubanshe, Chengdu, 1999, p.76.HK$18,000-23,000(US$2,500-3,000)77
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