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1 Tangka 'Vartula Tangka', double circle / double circle
| Issuer | Tibet |
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| Year | 1763-1764 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | ज ज ज ज ज ज ज ज (Translation: dza = ja = jaya? Victorious) |
| Reverse description | Central dharmachakra (wheel) within a double circle border, mirroring the obverse design. Vartula (Ranjana) script characters are arranged within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus rosette encircling the wheel. The composition is concentric and formally balanced, with the lotus petals uniformly spaced around the central motif. |
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The Vartula tangka series represents one of the more analytically frustrating areas of Tibetan numismatics — attributions shift between catalogs, and the double circle / double circle type sits at the intersection of several overlapping administrative and clerical minting traditions that were never well-documented by the issuing authorities themselves. What is established: production occurred under the Kashag government during a period when the Qing presence in Lhasa remained advisory rather than supervisory, before the Gurkha wars of the 1780s forced a wholesale restructuring of Tibetan coinage under direct Chinese oversight.