Tibet 5 Sho, 23 – 27

Moon and sun

Obverse Reverse

Information

Country Tibet Tibet
Currency Srang (1792 – 1959)
Coin type Standard circulation coin
Denomination 5 Sho
Year 23 – 27
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 23 to 27. 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 moon and sun 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 26 / zho lnga
The Ganden palace, victorious in all directions / Cycle 16, year 26, 5 Sho)
Edge
Reeded.

Mintage & Variants

Date Mintage vf xf Comment Frequency
27 (1953)  — — — ༡༦ - ༢༧ (dot at position A and B) 2%
27 (1953)  — — — ༡༦ - ༢༧ (dots at position A) 5%
27 (1953)  — — — ༡༦ - ༢༧ (without dots) 8%
26 (1952)  — — — ༡༦ - ༢༦ (dots at position A and B) 6%
26 (1952)  — — — ༡༦ - ༢༦ (dots at position A) 5%
25 (1951)  — — — ༡༦ - ༢༥ (dot at position A) 6%
25 (1951)  — — — ༡༦ - ༢༥ (dots at position A and B; with moon cut over sun) 3%
25 (1951)  — — — ༡༦ - ༢༥ (dots at position A and B) 7%
25 (1951)  — — — ༡༦ - ༢༥/༢༤ (overdate; dots at position A and B) 13%
24 (1950)  — — — ༡༦ - ༢༤ (dots at position A and B; with cloud merged with mountain) 7%
24 (1950)  — — — ༡༦ - ༢༤ (dots at position A and B; with moon cut over sun) 10%
24 (1950)  — — — ༡༦ - ༢༤ (dots at position A and B) 12%
24 (1950)  — € 8,30 — ༡༦ - ༢༤ (dots at position B) 18%
24 (1950)  — — — ༡༦ - ༢༤/༢༣ (overdate; dots at position A and B) 0.4%
23 (1949)  — € 8,40 € 25,00 ༡༦ - ༢༣ (dots at position A and B) 30%

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