Kavel 7791

Sho BE16-9 (1935) - type B (drop), Tapchi (KM23; ZENO278762; ONS-I.S. #19, N.G. Rhodes) Scarce variety featuring a hook "bird" on the Sengi's (lion's) back - 5.54 g. - XF, the mint was located in Tapchi, 4 kilometers north of Lhasa on the way to Sera monastery. This mint was modernized in the early 1930s, all the machinery of the other mints was subsequently transferred to this establishment, which was operated as the only Tibetan Government mint from 1932 onwards