1 Tangka "Sri Mangalam Tangka"; without curves; double circle

Features

Issuer Tibet (China)
Period Ganden Phodrang (1642-1959)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1785
Value 1 Tangka
Currency Tangka (1640-1959)
Composition Silver
Weight 5.33 g
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
297941
References C# 10.2,
William D. Craig; 1976. Coins of the World, 1750-1850 (3rd edition). Western Publishing, Racine, Wisconsin, United States.
C# 10.4
William D. Craig; 1976. Coins of the World, 1750-1850 (3rd edition). Western Publishing, Racine, Wisconsin, United States.

Obverse

Flower within double circle surrounded by Tibetan characters within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus.

Script: Tibetan

Lettering: དགའ་ལྡན་ཕོ་བྲང་ ཕྱོ་ ལས་རྣམ་ རྣམ་རྒྱལ།

Translation:
dga' ldan pho brang phyo(gs) las rnam rgyal
The Ganden palace, victorious in all directions

Reverse

Quatrefoil within square frame, all surrounded by dots and Tibetan characters within four lozenge-shaped hexagons.

Script: Tibetan

Lettering: ཤྲི་ མམ་ ག་ ལམ་

Translation:
shri mam ga lam
Good luck

Edge

Smooth.

Comments

This type is said to have been struck by the 8th Dalai Lama in the year 1785 for the 50th Anniversary of the Chinese Emperor.

Confirmation is needed on the difference between C#10.2 and C#10.4, if there is a difference at all (within Krause, C#10.2 has a double circle on the reverse and C#10.4 has a double circle on the obverse; however, the obverse/reverse descriptions for other Sri Mangalam Tangkas are mixed up, so these could very well be the same type).

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