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Help for classification of Tibetan silvers

Started by AndP36, September 30, 2015, 01:14:15 PM

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AndP36

Hi collectors,
my name is Andrea, I'm from Italy and this is my first message in this forum.
I'm basically a collector of world coins from XX century and I have these two Tibetan tangkas and I would ask your help, first of all to confirm that they are genuine and not counterfeited, and then to give a correct classification to them, considering that some varieties of this tipology exist.
The first one has a diameter of mm. 28 and a weight of gr. 5,2; the second one has a diameter of mm. 26 and a weight of gr. 4,2.
Thanks in advance to anyone who will bring his opinion in my topic.

Gusev

Normal coins.
1. Ga-den Tangka, type D (ii), (1896-99), Mint: presumably Dod-pal, KM Y#D13.2, silver.
2. Ga-den Tangka, type F (x), (1918-1922), Mint: Do-de, KM Y#F13.4 (var.), billon.
"Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there."- Marcus Washling.

AndP36

Thanks very much Gusev for your kind reply and for these precious infos.
I would take advantage of your knowledge about these coins, to show you an other pice that I identified as 1/2 rupee Y#2.
Its diameter is mm. 24 and its weight is gr. 5,7; but on the edge it exhibits some excrescences of metal that make me uncertain about is authenticity.
What can you say about it?

Afrasi

Looks ok to me. Probably it was hinged omce.

Gusev

Quote from: Afrasi on October 01, 2015, 02:48:06 PM
Looks ok to me. Probably it was hinged omce.
I fully agree with Afrasi, good coin.
At the edge looks like remnants of solder.

"omce"??? ???
once !!! :)
"Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there."- Marcus Washling.

Afrasi

I tried to be earlier than you. :-[   So my fingers were too fast ...  ;)

AndP36

It was a possibility that I didn't evaluate.
Thanks very much Afrasi and Gusev for your reply!

AndP36

P.S. Just an other question about the 1/2 rupee: in what years was this issue minted?

Gusev

Quote from: AndP36 on October 02, 2015, 08:19:51 PM
P.S. Just an other question about the 1/2 rupee: in what years was this issue minted?
OK.
According to Wang Chengzhi ("Sichuan Zang yang", "Tibetan Silver coins of Sichuan", China umismatics, 1983.3, p. 12-18 and plate 54) the Half Rupee coins were struck by the Chengdu mint in 1904, 1905, 1907 and 1912.
"Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there."- Marcus Washling.

AndP36

I reopen this old discussion to ask again your help for the correct classification of two more Tibetan coins: this time they are copper sho.
The first one has a diameter of mm. 24,05 and a weight of gr. 6,06; the second one has a diameter of mm. 24,10 and a weight of gr. 5,26.
Thanks in advance to anyone who will bring his opinion in my topic.

Gusev

KM Y#21.2, BE 15-57 (1923 AD) and BE 15-56 (1922 AD).
Lion look backwards and upwards.
"Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there."- Marcus Washling.

Gusev

"Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there."- Marcus Washling.

Figleaf

 :applause: There's nothing like expertise to make coins come alive.

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.

AndP36

Thanks very much Gusev for your precious indications.
I take advantage of your great knowledge about this coinage to ask your help one more time for other two tangka.
The first one has a diameter of mm. 26,12 and a weight of gr. 4,94; the second one has a diameter of mm. 27,22 and a weight of gr. 4,49.
What are their correct classifications?

Quote from: Figleaf on December 30, 2016, 11:19:19 AM
:applause: There's nothing like expertise to make coins come alive.

Peter

Totally agree with you ;)

Gusev

Good coins

The first:
Type B (iv), Date: (1880-1894), Mint: Dod-pal

The second
Type F (vii), Date: (1912-1918), Mint: Do-de
"Those at the top of the mountain didn't fall there."- Marcus Washling.