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

Issuer Tibet
Year 1821-1836
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Sho (0.1)
Currency Srang (1792-1959)
Composition Silver
Weight 3.77 g
Diameter 27 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) C#93
Obverse description Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left with clouds at the corners, all with more ideograms around (indicating the year).
Obverse script Chinese (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 description Tibetan characters read top to bottom, right to left with clouds at the corners, all with more characters around (indicating the year).
Reverse script Tibetan
Reverse lettering དང རྡའོ གཙང - པའུ ཀྭོང པོ
(Translation: rda`o kwong pa`u gtsang / dang po Daoguang (Emperor) / Tibetan coin / First (year))
Edge Smooth.
Mint
Mintage 1 (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་ -
Numisquare ID 7805080170
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