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71/2 Skar
| Issuer | Tibet |
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| Year | 1918-1926 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | དགའ་ལྡན་ཕོ་བྲང་ ཕྱོ་ ལས་རྣམ་ རྣམ་རྒྱལ། (Translation: dga` ldan pho brang phyo(gs) las rnam rgyal The Ganden palace, victorious in all directions) |
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| Reverse script | Tibetan |
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Tibet's copper coinage of this period was struck under the authority of the Ganden Phodrang government, which administered the region with considerable autonomy following the 13th Dalai Lama's return from exile in 1913. The 7½ Skar denomination is an arithmetic curiosity — fractions of the Skar were rarely practical in daily commerce, and its existence reflects an attempt to rationalize a monetary system that was simultaneously absorbing both traditional Tibetan weights and foreign influences filtering in from British India and China.
Striking quality across this type varies dramatically, a known consequence of hand-operated local presses and inconsistent planchet preparation at the Dode mint outside Lhasa.