Tibet 5 Sho, 1 – 60

Obverse Reverse

Information

Country Tibet Tibet
Currency Srang (1792 – 1959)
Coin type Standard circulation coin
Denomination 5 Sho
Year 1 – 60
Ruler Ganden Phodrang (1642–1959)
Composition Silver
Shape Round
Alignment Medal alignment ↑↑
Technique Milled
Weight (g) 8.6
Diameter (mm) 29
Thickness (mm) 1.2
Demonetized Yes

Description

5 Sho from Tibet. Issued from 1 to 60. Struck in Silver. Measures 29 mm and weighs 8.6 g.

Obverse
Snow lion facing left with scroll ornaments around, all surrounded by Tibetan characters within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus. (dga' ldan pho brang phyo(gs) las rnam rgyal
The Ganden palace, victorious in all directions)
Reverse
Triratna (triple gem) surrounded by Tibetan characters, all surrounded by the Buddhist Eight Auspicious symbols (a white parasol, a conch shell, a treasure vase, a victory banner, a dharma wheel, a pair of golden fish, an endless knot, and a lotus flower) within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus. (rab byung 15 lo 59 zho lnga
Cycle 15, year 59, five Sho)
Edge
Reeded.

Mintage & Variants

Date Mintage Comment Frequency
1 (1927)  — Y#18.1: ༡༦ - ༡
60 (1926)  — Y#18: ༡༦ - ༦༠ (lion looking upwards)
60 (1926)  — Y#18.1: ༡༥ - ༦༠ (lion looking backwards)
59 (1925)  — Y#18: ༡༦ - ༦༩
59 (1925)  — Y#18.1: ༡༥ - ༥༩
58 (1924)  — Y#18: ༡༦ - ༦༨
56 (1922)  — Y#18.1: ༡༥ - ༥༦
53 (1919)  — Y#18.1: ༡༥ - ༥༣
52 (1918)  — Y#18.1: ༡༥ - ༥༢ (without dots in front of lion's face)
52 (1918)  — Y#18.2: ༡༥ - ༥༢ (with dots in front of lion's face)
51 (1917)  — Y#18.1: ༡༥ - ༥༡
50 (1916)  — Y#18: ༡༦ - ༦༠ (lion looking upwards; large lion)
50 (1916)  — Y#18: ༡༦ - ༦༠ (lion looking upwards; small lion)
50 (1916)  — Y#18.1: ༡༥ - ༥༠ (lion looking backwards)
49 (1915)  — Y#18: ༡༦ - ༤༩ (lion looking upwards)
49 (1915)  — Y#18.1: ༡༥ - ༤༩ (lion looking backwards)
48 (1914)  — Y#18: ༡༦ - ༤༨
47 (1913)  — Y#18: ༡༦ - ༤༧

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