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1 Sho - In the name of Qianlong, 1735-1796
| Issuer | Tibet |
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| Year | 1793-1796 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | 五 乾 年藏 寶十 隆 九 (Translation: Qian Long Bao Cang / Nian Wu Shi Jiu Qianlong (Emperor) / Tibetan coin / Year 59) |
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| Reverse script | Tibetan |
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The Qianlong-era Tibetan sho series emerged directly from the Sino-Nepalese War of 1788–1792, in which Qing forces expelled the invading Gorkha armies and then imposed sweeping monetary reforms on Lhasa. Prior to 1793, Tibet's coinage had been a chaotic mix of locally produced issues and debased Nepalese coins — the Gorkhas had exploited that weakness deliberately, flooding Tibet with adulterated silver to extract trade profits. Beijing's response was to centralize minting under Qing supervision, producing coins that carried the Qianlong reign title as an explicit assertion of imperial authority over Tibetan fiscal affairs.
This issue falls within the final three years of the Qianlong reign, making it among the shortest-lived subsets of the type.