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1 Tangka 'Ga-den Tangka'
| Issuer | Tibetan Government (Ganden Phodrang) |
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| Year | 1840-1930 |
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| Diameter | 27 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central eight-spoked dharma wheel (dharmachakra) enclosed within an octagonal border, itself set at the centre of an eight-petalled lotus flower whose petals form the coin's principal decorative frame. Tibetan script legend occupies the spaces between the lotus petals, reading clockwise around the wheel device. The overall composition is rendered in low relief in the hand-hammered tradition characteristic of Tibetan coinage, with minor die variations distinguishing the numerous sub-types struck across the coin's long production span. |
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| Reverse description | An ornate stylised lotus blossom at centre, surrounded by the eight Buddhist auspicious symbols (Ashtamangala) — 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 — each positioned between the petals of an enclosing eight-petalled lotus border that mirrors the obverse composition. The auspicious symbols are rendered in low relief with hand-engraved detail, and their precise arrangement and stylistic treatment vary across the multiple die types documented throughout the coin's production history. The field between the central lotus and the surrounding symbols is plain. |
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| 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 - |
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