1 Tangka "Kong-par Tangka"; type 1; double circle

Features

Issuer Tibet (China)
Period Ganden Phodrang (1642-1959)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 45-46 (1791-1792)
Calendar Tibetan (16th cycle)
Value 1 Tangka
Currency Tangka (1640-1959)
Composition Silver
Weight 5.02 g
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
297896
References C# 60
William D. Craig; 1976. Coins of the World, 1750-1850 (3rd edition). Western Publishing, Racine, Wisconsin, United States.

Obverse

Date within arch within square, all surrounded by swirl patterns and dots.

Script: Tibetan

Lettering:
༡༣
༤༥

Translation: 13 / 45

Reverse

Ornate lotus design within double circle surrounded by the Buddhist Eight Auspicious symbols (a white parasol, a conch shell, a treasure vase, a victory banner, a dharma wheel, a pair of golden fish, an endless knot, and a lotus flower) within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus.

Edge

Smooth.

Mint

Dopdal Mint (དོད་དཔལ), Shöl, modern-day Lhasa, Tibet, China (1791-1896)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
45 (1791)  ༡༣ - ༤༥
46 (1792)  ༡༣ - ༤༦

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