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5 Sho Two suns, two mountains
| Issuer | Government of Tibet |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#28 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a central circular medallion containing a multi-line Tibetan inscription arranged within a stylized lotus or cartouche frame divided into eight petal-like segments, each bearing additional Tibetan characters. The overall layout follows a wheel or mandala arrangement, with the denomination and regnal cycle information distributed across the petals and the central field. The design is enclosed within a plain border. |
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| Reverse lettering | དགའ་ལྡན་ཕོ་བྲང་ ཕྱོ་ ལས་རྣམ་ རྣམ་རྒྱལ། རབ་བྱུང་ ༡༦ ལོ་༢༡ ཉོ་ལྔ། (Translation: dga' ldan pho brang phyo(gs) las rnam rgyal / rab byung / 16 lo 21 / zho lnga The Ganden palace, victorious in all directions / Cycle 16, year 21, 5 Sho) |
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| Mintage | 21 (1947) - ༡༦ - ༢༡ (dot at position C) - 21 (1947) - ༡༦ - ༢༡ (dots at position A and B) - |
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