1 Sho - In the name of Jiaqing, 1796-1820 With clouds

Features

Issuer Tibet (China)
Period Ganden Phodrang (1642-1959)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1-25 (1796-1820)
Value 1 Sho (0.1)
Currency Srang (1792-1959)
Composition Silver
Weight 3.76 g
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
17138
References C# 83.1,
William D. Craig; 1976. Coins of the World, 1750-1850 (3rd edition). Western Publishing, Racine, Wisconsin, United States.
L&M# 641,
Lin Gwo Ming, Ma Tak Wo; 2008. Illustrated Catalogue of Chinese Gold & Silver Coins (7th edition). Tak Wo Numismatic, Hong Kong.
Hsu# 517,
Tsu-chín Hsü; 1978. Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Coins. Xiang Gang you cháo she.
Kann# 1464
Eduard Kann; 2006. Illustrated Catalog of Chinese Coins / Volume 1. Chinese Coins up to 1911. Ishi Press International, Bronx, New York, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left with clouds at the corners, all with more ideograms around (indicating the year).

Script: Chinese (traditional, regular script)

Lettering:
 元
 嘉
藏 通
 慶
 年

Translation:
Jia Qing Bao Cang / Nian Yuan
Jiaqing (Emperor) / Tibetan coin / Year 1

Reverse

Tibetan characters read top to bottom, right to left with clouds at the corners, all with more characters around (indicating the year).

Script: Tibetan

Lettering:
དང
བཅའ
གཙང - པའུ
འཆིན
པོ

Translation:
bca' 'chin pa'u gtsang / dang po
Jiaqing (Emperor) / Tibetan coin / First (year)

Edge

Smooth.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1 (1796)  年元 / དང་པོ་
2 (1797)  年二 / གཉིས་པ་
3 (1798)  年三 / ཐིརྡ་པ་
4 (1799)  年四 / བཞི་པ་
5 (1800)  年五 / ལྔ་པ་
24 (1819)  年二十四 / ཉི་ཤུ་རྩ་བཞི་
25 (1820)  年二十五 / ཉི་ཤུ་རྩ་ལྔ་

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