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Nepali coinage for Tibet

Biligual sino Tibetan coins

Kongpar Tamka

Ganden Tamka

Kelsang Tamka

Kar, Sho and Sang coinage

Chinese coins for tibet

Banknotes

Ration coupons

 

 tibetan coin books:

coin catalogue by Yin Zhen Min: 24,99

krung govi bod kyi dngul:
159,00

A Study of Tibetan Paper Money by Wolfgang Bertsch

The Currency of Tibet by Wolfgang Bertsch

Geld aus Tibet by Karl Gabrisch

For more books in Tibetan language see:


tibetbook.net

 

New!!!

a beautiful page by myself on Chinese Ration Coupons, so far mainly the minority areas like Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Guangxi (it is still under construction, but one can see already some of the enornous effort):

www.chinarationcoupons.com

and here the link to it's online store:

www.vendio.com/stores/
chinarationcoupons

or interested in little antiques from Tibet:

www.antiquetibet.de

I have a new project going on: it does not really fit with my coins ... but this is a birdwatching site for Tibet. I show pictures if the birds I can find here:

www.tibetbirds.com

 

 

Nepali minted Tamkas or Mohars, called "Paltam",

for use in Tibet

Mohar, Kingdom of Bhatgaon, Bhupatindra Malla, NS 816 (1696), KM 87

Tanka, Ala-ud-din Type, Kingdom of Kathmandu, Lakshmi Narasimha, no date, KM 150

or: Tanka, Ala-ud-din Type, Kingdom of Patan, Siddhi Narasimha, no date, KM 155.

Tanka, Ghiyas -ud-din Type, Kingdom of Kathmandu, Lakshmi Narasimha, no date, KM 151
1/2 Mohar, Kingdom of Kathmandu, Chakravartendra Malla, no date (1669), KM 171
1 Mohar, Kingdom of Kathmandu, Mahipatendra Malla, no date (ca. 1670), KM 177
Kingdom of Kathmandu, Bhupalendra Malla, NS 812 (1692), KM 208
Kingdom of Kathmandu, Bhupalendra Malla, NS 820 (1700), KM 209
Mohar, Kingdom of Patan, Srinivasa Malla, NS 786 (1666), KM 307.
Kingdom of Patan, Yoga Narendra Malla, NS 820 (1700), KM 320
Mohar, Kingdom of Patan, Yoga Narendra Malla, NS 805 (1685), KM 325
Kingdom of Patan, Yoga Narendra Malla, NS 805 (1685), KM 336
Kingdom of Patan, Yoga Narendra Malla, NS 805 (1685), KM 337
Kingdom of Bhatgaon, Ranajit Malla, NS 842 (1722), KM 108, the socalled "Nagtam" (black Tamka) that circulated a lot in Tibet and got infamous for it's bad silver quality that let it turn black after some use. Here special form of the number 4 in the date.
Kingdom of Kathmandu, Bhaskara Malla, NS 821 (1701), KM 217
   
Kingdom of Bhatgaon, Mahindra Simha , N 835 (1715), KM 225
Kingdom of Bhatgaon, Jagajjaya Malla , N 842 (1722), KM 230
Kingdom of Bhatgaon, Jagajjaya Malla , N 842 (1722), KM 231
Kingdom of Bhatgaon, Jaya Prakash Malla , N 856 (1736), KM 259

Kingdom of Bhatgaon, Jaya Prakash Malla , N 873 (1753), KM 261

or is it Kingdom of Patan, Jaya Prakash Malla , N 880 (1760), KM 425???

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3 petals, 1/2 Sho, cut with straight line. KM 264

Mohar KM#259 was circulated a lot in Tibet and cut there for small change.

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3 petals, 1/2 Sho, clipped. KM 265
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4 petals, 3/4 Sho, cut with straight line. KM# 267
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4 petals, 3/4 Sho, clipped.KM#268
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5 petals, 1 Sho, cut with straight line. KM#270
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5 petals, 1 Sho, clipped. KM#271
Kingdom of Bhatgaon, Jyoti Prakash Malla, N 866 (1753), KM 281
Kingdom of Patan, Vira Narasimha Malla, N 829 (1709), KM 370
Kingdom of Patan, Riddhi Narasimha, N 835 (1715), KM 374
Kingdom of Patan, Riddhi Narasimha, N 835 (1715), KM 375
   
Kingdom of Patan, Jaya Mahindra Simha, N 837 (1717), KM 377
Kingdom of Patan, Yoga Prakash Malla, N 842 (1715), KM 386

Kingdom of Patan Jaya Vishnu Malla N849 (1729) KM #399

Kingdom of Patan Jaya Vishnu Malla N849 (1729) KM #396

Kingdom of Patan Rajya Prakash Malla N865 (1745) KM #412

 

Kingdom of Patan Jaya Vishnu Malla N849 (1729) KM #400

 

Kingdom of Patan Rajya Prakash Malla N865 (1745) KM #410
Kingdom of Patan Rajya Prakash Malla N865 (1745) KM #413
   

 

 

 

 

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