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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.
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.
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