Tibet 5 Sho, 21 – 24
Two suns; three mountains
Information
Country
Tibet
Tibet
Currency
Srang
(1792 – 1959)
Coin type
Standard circulation coin
Denomination
5 Sho
Year
21 – 24
Ruler
Ganden Phodrang
(1642–1959)
Composition
Copper
Shape
Round
Alignment
Medal alignment ↑↑
Technique
Milled
Weight (g)
8.7
Diameter (mm)
29
Thickness (mm)
1.5
Demonetized
Yes
Description
5 Sho from Tibet. Issued from 21 to 24. Struck in Copper. Measures 29 mm and weighs 8.7 g.
- Obverse
- Snow lion facing left in front of Mount Kailash (three mountain peaks) with two suns in the background.
- Reverse
- Tibetan characters surrounded by more characters within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus. (dga' ldan pho brang phyo(gs) las rnam rgyal / rab byung / 16 lo 22 / zho lnga The Ganden palace, victorious in all directions / Cycle 16, year 22, 5 Sho)
- Edge
- Reeded.
Mintage & Variants
| Date | Mintage | f | vf | xf | Comment | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 (1950) | — | — | — | — | Y#28.1: ༡༦ - ༢༤ (dots at position A and B) | 4% | |
| 24 (1950) | — | — | — | — | Y#28.1: ༡༦ - ༢༤/༢༣ (overdate; dots at position A and B) | 1.1% | |
| 23 (1949) | — | — | € 8,20 | € 13,00 | Y#28.1: ༡༦ - ༢༣ (dots at position A, and B) | 19% | |
| 23 (1949) | — | — | € 11,00 | — | Y#28.1: ༡༦ - ༢༣ (dots at position A, B, and C) | 8% | |
| 22 (1948) | — | — | — | — | Y#28.1: ༡༦ - ༢༢ (dot at position B) | 0.5% | |
| 22 (1948) | — | € 5,50 | € 6,20 | € 12,00 | Y#28.1: ༡༦ - ༢༢ (dots at position A and B) | 40% | |
| 22 (1948) | — | — | — | — | Y#28.1: ༡༦ - ༢༢ (dots at position A, B, and C) | 9% | |
| 22 (1948) | — | — | — | — | Y#28.1: ༡༦ - ༢༢ (dots at position B and C) | 0.3% | |
| 22 (1948) | — | — | — | — | Y#28.2: ༡༦ - ༢༢ (without cloud above central mountain) | 0.5% | |
| 21 (1947) | — | — | — | — | Y#28.1: ༡༦ - ༢༡ (dots at position A and B) | 10% | |
| 21 (1947) | — | — | — | — | Y#28.1: ༡༦ - ༢༡ (without dots) | 23% |
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