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16-22 (1948) Tibet 5 Sho Coin Three mountains, Two Suns
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Obverse: Snow Lion, Three mountains with clouds and two suns (Lion the Symbol of Tibet)
Reverse: eight petals of the symbolic lotus have inscription in Tibetan (Is translated as "The Ganden Palace victorious in all directions")
Reverse legend: “ རབ་བྱྲང་ ༡༦ ལོ་༢༢ ཉོ་ལྔ། | དགའ | ལྡ ན | ཕོ | བྲང | ཕྱོཌ | ལས | རྣམ | ཆྱལ |”
Edge: reeded
Denomination: 5 Sho
Country: Tibet
Year: 16-22 (1948) The date is calculated according to the Tibetan calendar, that starts in the year 1026 and proceeds in cycles of 60 years. A coin dated 16th cycle year 22 therefore is: 1026 + (15 full cycles each 60 years) 900 years + 22 years of the 16th cycle: 1026 + 900 + 22 = 1948.
Metal: Copper
Weight ±: 8.65 g.
Diameter ±: 29 mm
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