| Issuer | Tibet |
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| Year | 1840-1930 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 1 Tangka |
| Currency | Tangka (1640-1959) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 4.60 g |
| Diameter | 27 mm |
| Thickness | 1.0 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | |
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| Reference(s) | Y#13, L&M#627 |
| Obverse description | Eight-spoked wheel surrounded by Tibetan characters within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus. |
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| Obverse script | Tibetan |
| Obverse 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 description | Ornate lotus design surrounded by the Buddhist Eight Auspicious symbols (a white parasol, a conch shell, a treasure vase, a victory banner, a dharma wheel, a pair of golden fish, an endless knot, and a lotus flower) within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus. |
| Reverse script | |
| Reverse lettering | |
| Edge | Smooth. |
| Mint | |
| Mintage | ND (1840) - Y#A13.1: Type A; wheel spokes do not extend to octagon; central flower bud hollow - ND (1840) - Y#A13.1: Type A; wheel spokes do not extend to octagon; central flower bud solid - ND (1840) - Y#A13.2: Type A; wheel spokes extend to octagon; clockwise fish - ND (1840) - Y#A13.2: Type A; wheel spokes extend to octagon; counter-clockwise fish - ND (1880) - Y#B13.1: Type B; double wavy water line below stylized lotus - ND (1882) - Y#B13.2: Type B; four dots (SW) and boxy base (NW) - ND (1885) - Y#B13.3: Type B; outer angles and hook opposite dot - ND (1888) - Y#B13.4: Type B; single line base (NW) - ND (1891) - Y#B13.5: Type B; no dots (W) - ND (1892) - Y#B13.6: Type B; embles rotated 90 degrees clockwise - ND (1895) - Y#C13.1: Type C; wheel spokes extend to octagon - ND (1895) - Y#C13.2: Type C; wheel spokes do not extend to octagon - ND (1896) - Y#D13.1: Type D; dots rising (N) - ND (1897) - Y#D13.2: Type D; dots hanging (N) and five dots (NW) - ND (1898) - Y#D13.3: Type D; eight dots (NW) - ND (1899) - Y#D13.4: Type D; (W) resembles (N) - ND (1899) - Y#D13.5: Type D; seven dots around lotus centre - ND (1899) - Y#E13.1: Type E; dot to right and left of lotus; three dots in centre (NE) - ND (1899) - Y#E13.2: Type E; dot to right and left of lotus; one line in centre (NE) - ND (1899-1907) - Y#E13.3: Type E; dots (NE) and dot (E) - ND (1904) - Y#E13.4: Type E; no dot to right and left of lotus - ND (1907-1909) - Y#F13.1: Type F; nine dots within lotus circle - ND (1909) - Y#F13.6: Type F; dot to right and left of lotus; two fish with dots (NE); ornate side hooks and dot (S); circle with dots (NW); 27 mm - ND (1910-1915) - Y#F13.2: Type F; no dot to right and left of lotus; (NW) symbol with dots - ND (1912) - Y#F13.3: Type F; 11 mm lotus circle; machine struck - ND (1912-1922) - Y#F13.4: Type F; dot to right and left of lotus; two fish with dots (NE); three dots (S) - ND (1912-1922) - Y#F13.5: Type F; dot to right and left of lotus; circle with two hooks (NE); three dots (S) - ND (1921) - Y#G13: Type G - ND (1924-1925) - Y#F13.7: Type F; dot to right and left of lotus; two fish with dots (NE); ornate side hooks and dot (S); circle with dots (NW); 31 mm - ND (1929) - Y#H13.1: Type H; character (NE) regular - ND (1929-1930) - Y#H13.2: Type H; character (NE) retrograde - |
| Numisquare ID | 7615577030 |
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