Tibet 1 Sho, 6 – 16
Information
Country
Tibet
Tibet
Currency
Srang
(1792 – 1959)
Coin type
Standard circulation coin
Denomination
1 Sho
Year
6 – 16
Ruler
Ganden Phodrang
(1642–1959)
Composition
Copper
Shape
Round
Alignment
Medal alignment ↑↑
Technique
Milled
Weight (g)
4.79
Diameter (mm)
24
Demonetized
Yes
Description
1 Sho from Tibet. Issued from 6 to 16. Struck in Copper. Measures 24 mm and weighs 4.79 g.
- Obverse
- Snow lion facing left with sun above and scroll ornaments around, all surrounded four identical Buddhist auspicious symbols (an endless knot) and Tibetan characters. (Government house in Lhasa, Attributes karma and complete victory in all directions)
- Reverse
- Tibetan characters with cloud above and triratna (triple gem) below, all surrounded by flowers and Tibetan characters. (Cycle 16 Year 11, One Sho)
- Edge
- Reeded.
Mintage & Variants
| Date | Mintage | vf | xf | Comment | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 (1942) | — | — | — | ༡༦ - ༡༦ (with "hook with point" mark) | 3% | |
| 12 (1938) | — | — | — | ༡༦ - ༡༢ (with "cross" mark) | 1.3% | |
| 12 (1938) | — | — | — | ༡༦ - ༡༢ (with "down arrow" mark) | 0.5% | |
| 12 (1938) | — | — | — | ༡༦ - ༡༢ (with "hook with point" mark) | 4% | |
| 12 (1938) | — | — | — | ༡༦ - ༡༢ (with "vertical line" mark) | 1.5% | |
| 11 (1937) | — | — | — | ༡༦ - ༡༡ (with "circle" mark) | 6% | |
| 11 (1937) | — | — | — | ༡༦ - ༡༡ (with "cross" mark) | 5% | |
| 11 (1937) | — | — | — | ༡༦ - ༡༡ (with "down arrow" mark) | 3% | |
| 11 (1937) | — | — | — | ༡༦ - ༡༡ (with "drop" mark) | 5% | |
| 11 (1937) | — | — | — | ༡༦ - ༡༡ (with "hook with point" mark) | 2% | |
| 11 (1937) | — | — | — | ༡༦ - ༡༡ (with "hook" mark) | 4% | |
| 11 (1937) | — | — | — | ༡༦ - ༡༡ (with "vertical line" mark) | 0.5% | |
| 10 (1936) | — | — | — | ༡༦ - ༡༠ (with "circle" mark) | 5% | |
| 10 (1936) | — | € 5,40 | € 16,00 | ༡༦ - ༡༠ (with "cross" mark) | 28% | |
| 10 (1936) | — | — | — | ༡༦ - ༡༠ (with "drop" mark) | 6% | |
| 9 (1935) | — | — | — | ༡༦ - ༩ (with "circle" mark; with bird on lion's back) | 1.8% | |
| 9 (1935) | — | € 3,90 | — | ༡༦ - ༩ (with "circle" mark) | 13% | |
| 9 (1935) | — | — | € 11,00 | ༡༦ - ༩ (with "drop" mark) | 16% | |
| 8 (1934) | — | — | — | ༡༦ - ༨ (with "circle" mark) | 3% | |
| 8 (1934) | — | — | — | ༡༦ - ༨ (with "drop" mark) | 1.8% | |
| 7 (1933) | — | — | — | ༡༦ - ༧ (with "circle" mark) | 6% | |
| 6 (1932) | 6M | € 6,90 | € 6,90 | ༡༦ - ༦ (with "circle" mark) | 26% |
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