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1 Tangka 'Suchakra Tangka'
| Issuer | Tibet |
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| Year | 1763-1785 |
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| Reference(s) | C#A10 |
| Obverse description | Central field occupied by four `Phags-pa script characters arranged in a two-by-two block within a plain inner circle, reading the auspicious legend 'Sucakra Vijaya' (Noble Victorious Wheel). Surrounding the central inscription is an elaborate ornate dharma-wheel (dharmachakra) design composed of radiating spokes and stylized lotus petal segments, evoking Buddhist iconography. The outermost border consists of a continuous ring of small raised beads. The overall design is boldly struck in high relief, with the wheel motif filling the entire field to the coin's edge. |
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| Mintage | ND (1763-1785) |
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The Suchakra Tangka takes its name from the Sanskrit term for "auspicious wheel," and was struck under the authority of the Panchen Lama at Tashilhunpo Monastery rather than through any centralized Tibetan mint. Production was irregular and largely hand-hammered, which accounts for the striking inconsistencies endemic to the type. The Qing court's growing administrative interest in Tibetan affairs during this period had not yet produced the monetary reforms that would follow — those came only after the Gurkha invasions of the 1780s and 1790s forced Beijing's hand on coinage standardization.