World Silver & Bronze Coins - Samoa - World Coins
Lot 1551 SESSION 8 (2.30PM WEDNESDAY 30TH MARCH) World Silver & Bronze Coins - Samoa - World Coins
Estimate $500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $5,000
TIBET, Sro-Srang coinage, silver one and a half (1 1/2) srang, BE 16-20 (1946), Tapchi mint, (KM.Y.24; WS-0338). Lightly toned, with a bold strike, a highly desirable piece, especially at this key date, extremely fine and very rare.
Ex Mark E. Freehill Collection.
A similar example in Stack'n Bowers auction Sale, 15 August 2016, (lot 62287) realised $1,000US. The only example listed on Coin Archives.
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