Beschreibung:

Tibet, a group of 13x 10 Srang, dated T.E. 1690, 1691, 1692, 1693 and 1694 (=A.D. 1944-1948), blue and red, black seal type 4. These notes were issued under the regency of Taktra Rinpoche (ruled from 1941 untul 1950) and show the same four lines of text on oberse as the early Tam notes. The dates which are to be found in the second line of the obverse inscription range from Tibetan Era 1687 (A.D. 1941) until T.E. 1694 (A.D. 1948). For this issue new red and black seals (type 4) were created. In its central part the red seal displays an undecipherable script. The black seal is smaller than the one used for the early Tam notes, but has the same two columns of text in Tibetan seal script: gzhung dngul khang ("Government treasury"). Obverse: In the central panel two lions (possibly a lioness with her cub) facing left play with a wheel which has eight spokes and long streamers; reverse: The middle part of the central panel is enclosed by lines which form a cartouche. Below, a pond in which a lotus flower and a large flower on either side are growing. Above three mythical animals: on top a snow lion with garuda head, below left, a sea monster (chu srin; Sanskrit makara) issuing from a conch and below right an otter with fish-head. These three mythological animals are known in Tibet as the "three non-harmonious brothers on the battle field" (mi mthun g.yul rgyal) as each of them is composed of two animals which normally do not live together in harmony. On either side of the central cartouche one sees two dragons (g.yu ´brug "turquoise dragon") and a ball with streamers among clouds, (Pick 9), all notes are in poor condition, most of them with substantial parts missing, but two notes are bearing the rare date T.E. 1690, poor, good and very good (13)