ATD: cover: "seal"

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

It's the coin pattern alright, but note how loose the writing is on the seal on the cover of AtD.. This suggests forgery (as does one of the the links).
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From: "David Morris" <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> I would say at this point that the seal is more like a Tibetan coin
> than a telegraph stamp, because of the round design.  The stamps all
> have a rectangular design.  But from what we know of Pynchon's past
> themes, I would have expected him to reference a stamp rather than a
> coin.
> 
> David Morris
> 
> On 11/2/06, robinlandseadel at comcast.net <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
> > It's a snow lion in front of a triple peaked mountain:
> >
> > More Tibetian coins with similar designs to the cover icon on AtD:
> >
> > Tibetian "Wireless telegraph stamps" with similar designs: