1 Sho - In the name of Daoguang, 1820-1850

€1.00
IssuerTibet
Year1821-1836
TypeStandard circulation coin
Value1 Sho (0.1)
CurrencySrang (1792-1959)
CompositionSilver
Weight3.77 g
Dimensions27 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) C#93
Obverse descriptionFour Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left with clouds at the corners, all with more ideograms around (indicating the year).
Obverse scriptChinese (traditional, regular script)
Obverse lettering 元  道 藏 通  光  年
(Translation: Dao Guang Bao Cang / Nian Yuan Daoguang (Emperor) / Tibetan coin / Year 1)
Reverse descriptionTibetan characters read top to bottom, right to left with clouds at the corners, all with more characters around (indicating the year).
Reverse scriptTibetan
Reverse letteringདང རྡའོ གཙང - པའུ ཀྭོང པོ
(Translation: rda`o kwong pa`u gtsang / dang po Daoguang (Emperor) / Tibetan coin / First (year))
EdgeSmooth.
Mint
Mintage1 (1821)  - 年元 / དང་པོ་ -
2 (1822)  - 年二 / གཉིས་པ་ -
3 (1823)  - 年三 / ཐིརྡ་པ་ -
4 (1824)  - 年四 / བཞི་པ་ -
15 (1835)  - 年十五 / བཅོ་ལྔ་པ་ -
16 (1836)  - 年十六 / བཅུ་དགུ་ པ་ -
Catalog ID7805080170
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