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

Issuer Tibet
Year 1803
Type Standard circulation coin
Value 1 Sho (0.1)
Currency Srang (1792-1959)
Composition Silver
Weight 3.89 g
Diameter 27 mm
Thickness
Shape Round
Technique
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) C#83.3
Obverse description Four Chinese ideograms read top to bottom, right to left, all with more ideograms around (indicating the year).
Obverse script Chinese (traditional, regular script)
Obverse lettering   嘉 年藏 通八   慶
(Translation: Jia Qing Bao Cang / Nian Ba Jiaqing (Emperor) / Tibetan coin / Year 8)
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 བརྒྱད བཅའ གཙང - པའུ འཆིན པ
(Translation: bca` `chin pa`u gtsang / brgyad pa Jiaqing (Emperor) / Tibetan coin / Eighth (year))
Edge Smooth.
Mint
Mintage 8 (1803) - 年八 / བརྒྱད་པ་ -
Numisquare ID 6257642690
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