Item number: A2785

Year: AD 1919

Material: Copper

Size: 22.7 x 23.1 x 1.1 mm

Weight: 3.1 g

Provenance: Fuchin Coin 2020

This is a copper coin minted in Tibet and dated to the 53rd year of the 15th Rabjung cycle in the Tibetan calendar (corresponding to AD 1919). The coin bears the inscription “Skar Phyer Brgyal”, which can be literally translated as a denomination of “7½ Skar”. The production period of the Skar Phyer Brgyal copper coins spans from approximately AD 1918 to 1922, with a small number also struck in AD 1926.

The coin features an eight-petal floral design. At the centre of the obverse side is a beaded circle enclosing a left-facing lion. This snow lion is a significant totem in Tibetan culture; originally, in Tibetan mythology, it was considered a fierce spirit associated with the spread of epidemics. Over time, however, it came to symbolise authority and protection in Tibetan society.

Encircling the outer edge of the coin is the Tibetan inscription: “དགའ་ལྡན་ཕོ་བྲང་ ཕྱོ་ ལས་རྣམ་ རྣམ་རྒྱལ།”, which was commonly inscribed on Tibetan coins during the reign of the 13th Dalai Lama. It translates to: “Ganden Palace, the One Who Subjugates in All Directions.”“Ganden Phodrang” was the residence of successive Dalai Lamas at Drepung Monastery in Lhasa before their assumption of full temporal power, and it served as the symbolic seat of their authority.

The reverse side of the coin also features a beaded circle, within which appears the image of a Dharmachakra (Wheel of Dharma). At the centre of the wheel are three fish, whose curved bodies form a triangular configuration. Depending on the direction in which their tails are oriented, two distinct varieties exist: one with a clockwise and another with a counterclockwise alignment. This specimen belongs to the clockwise variety.

Encircling the image is the Tibetan inscription: “རབ་བྱུང་ ༡༥་ ལོ་ ༥༣་ སྐར་ཕྱེད་བརྒྱད་”, which denotes the coin’s date of issue as the 53rd year of the 15th Rabjung cycle in the Tibetan calendar, and its denomination as 7½ Skar.

物件編號: A2785

年代: 公元 1919 年

材質: 紅銅

尺寸: 22.7 x 23.1 x 1.1 mm

重量: 3.1 g

來源: 福君錢幣 2020

這是一枚標示為藏曆第15繞迥的第53年(公元1919年)，西藏鑄造的「啟介」銅幣，直譯為面額「七分五厘」。「啟介」銅幣的鑄造時間坐落於公元1918至1922年，於公元1926年亦有少量生產。

錢幣呈現八瓣花外觀，正面的中央有一道珠圈，裡面是一隻面朝左側的獅子。雪山獅子是西藏重要的圖騰，最早在西藏神話中是一種厲妖，即傳播疾疫的兇神，後來成為西藏權力與護佑的象徵。錢幣外圍的環形銘文「དགའ་ལྡན་ཕོ་བྲང་ ཕྱོ་ ལས་རྣམ་ རྣམ་རྒྱལ།」是達賴十三世統治時期，經常打印在西藏錢幣上的內容「噶單頗章，威伏四方」。「噶單頗章」是歷代達賴親政前於拉薩哲蚌寺的居所，亦是代表達賴擁有的權力。

錢幣背面同樣有一道珠圈，內部是一個法輪的圖騰，法輪正中央的三條魚按照其尾巴擺動的方向，還能細分為順時針和逆時針兩種版型，本物件為順時針版。外圍的環形銘文「རབ་བྱུང་ ༡༥་ ལོ་ ༥༣་ སྐར་ཕྱེད་བརྒྱད་」標示發行年份為「藏曆第15繞迥的第53年」和面額「七分五厘」。