TIBET. Theocracy under Qīng Suzerainty, 1720-1911. Srang BE 15-43 = 1909 AD (Silver, 34 mm, 19.30 g, 12 h), Lhasa. དགའ་ལྡན་ཕོ་བྲང་ ཕྱོ་ ལས་རྣམ་ རྣམ་རྒྱལ (The Ganden palace, victorious in all directions) Snow lion to left in front of Mount Kailash; all surrounded by Tibetan characters within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus. Rev. རབ་བྱུང་ ༡༥་ ལོ་ ༤༣་ ཏམ་ སྲང་གང་ (Cycle 15, Year 43, one tam Srang) Ornate lotus set on single water line; around, the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Tibetan Buddhism (a parasol, a pair of fishes, a treasure vase, a lotus, a white-spiraling conch shell, an endless knot, a victory banner, and a golden wheel). L&M 656. Yeoman 12. Extremely rare in this condition and with beautiful iridescent toning. In NGC encapsulation, graded AU 55. Tiny marks and deposits on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.