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In ancient Tibet, the use of coins was insignificant.Tibet's main neighbours, India, Nepal and China had had their own coinage since time immemorial. Ancient Tibet however had no locally-struck coinage, although a certain number of coins from Nepal, Chinese Turkestan and China had reached Tibet by way of trade, or as donations to important monasteries.
In 1954, a silver coin was struck for distribution to monks. Although this coin was the last tangka issue, it was valued at 5 srang and was the last silver coin to be struck in Tibet. The last Tibetan copper coins (5 sho = 1/2 srang) were issued in 1953, while 100 srang notes were issued in large numbers until 1959.
Tibetan undated silver tangka (2nd half of 18th century) with eight times the syllable "dza" in vartula script,obverse (from Tibetan tangka) Image 9 US dollar banknotes (from Money ) Image 10 A 640 BC one-third stater electrum coin from Lydia .
The plight of Tibet has become less discussed internationally but repression continues and China is applying what it did there to other regions, a former head of the Tibetan government-in-exile ...
China is accelerating the forced urbanization of Tibetan villagers and herders, Human Rights Watch said, in an extensive report that adds to state government and independent reports of efforts to ...
Tibetan undated silver tangka (2nd half of 18th century) with eight times the syllable "dza" in vartula script,obverse (from Tibetan tangka) Image 29 Banknotes of different currencies with a face value of 5000 (from Money )
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The first Tibetan tangka was minted in 1763/64. China's Qing dynasty, Tibet's suzerain, [citation needed] established mints in the region in 1792. [citation needed] The Sino-Tibetan tangka carried Chinese language inscriptions. [12] Banknotes were issued between 1912 and 1941 in denominations of 5, 10, 15, 25 and 50 tangka.