5 Sho (Two suns; two mountains) 21 (1947) front 5 Sho (Two suns; two mountains) 21 (1947) back
5 Sho (Two suns; two mountains) 21 (1947) photo
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5 Sho Two suns; two mountains

21 (1947) year
Copper 8.70 g 29 mm
Description
Issuer
Tibet (China)
Period
Ganden Phodrang (1642-1959)
Type
Standard circulation coin
Year
21 (1947)
Calendar
Tibetan (16th cycle)
Value
5 Sho (0.5)
Currency
Srang (1792-1959)
Composition
Copper
Weight
8.70 g
Diameter
29 mm
Thickness
1.5 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-10-04
References
Numista
N#11485
Rarity index
50%

Reverse

Tibetan characters surrounded by more characters within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus.

Script: Tibetan

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

Edge

Reeded.

Comment

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