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5 Sho Two suns, three mountains
| Issuer | Ganden Phodrang Government of Tibet |
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| Year | 1947-1950 |
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| Diameter | 29 mm |
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| Obverse script | Tibetan |
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| Mint | Dode Mint, Lhasa |
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The Ganden Phodrang — the theocratic government seated at the Potala — operated its own mint at Dode, outside Lhasa, producing copper coinage with minimal outside influence until the Chinese People's Liberation Army entered Tibet in 1950. This 5 Sho issue falls precisely across that threshold. Production almost certainly halted not from monetary planning but from military interruption.
The Y#28.1 and Y#28.2 varieties are distinguished primarily by die differences in the mountain rendering and sun placement — minor enough to escape casual notice but consistent enough to be catalogued separately. Both varieties circulated together without distinction.