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¾ Sho - In the name of Qianlong, 1735-1796
| Issuer | Tibet |
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| Year | 1793 |
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| Value | ¾ Sho (0.075) |
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| Obverse description | Central field bearing four Chinese ideograms arranged vertically and read top to bottom, right to left, forming the legend 乾隆寶藏 (Qianlong Bao Cang, meaning 'Qianlong [Emperor's] Tibetan Treasure'). The corners are decorated with stylised cloud motifs. A surrounding border legend in Chinese characters indicates the regnal year, reading 年五十八 (Year Fifty-Eight, corresponding to 1793 of the Qianlong reign). |
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| Obverse script | Chinese (traditional, regular script) |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing Tibetan script characters arranged vertically and read top to bottom, right to left, forming the legend གཙང་པའུ་ལུང (Gtsang Pa'u Lung, the Tibetan rendering of 'Tibetan Treasure'). The corners are adorned with stylised cloud motifs mirroring the obverse. A surrounding border inscription in Tibetan characters indicates the regnal year, reading ལྔ་བཅུ་ང་བརྒྱད (Fifty-Eight), corresponding to the fifty-eighth year of the Qianlong reign. |
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