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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

Kongpar Tamkas

The first dated coins of Tibet were Kongpar Tamkas, minted supposedly in Kongpo. The first coins are dated 13-45 (1791). These coins were minted parallel to the early Sino-Tibetan issues.


Kongpar year 13-45, the first dated Tibetan coin, 1791, double circle around lotos
Kongpar year 13-46, 1792, double circle around lotos	pic coming	pic coming
Kongpar year 13-46, 1792, single circle around lotos, fishes turn clockwise
Kongpar year 13-46, 1792, single circle around lotos, fishes turn clockwise
Kongpar year 13-47, 1793
Kongpar year 13-47, 1793
Kongpar year 13-47, 1793
Kongpar year 13-47, 1793
Kongpar year 13-46, minted in the 1820s, pointed arch above the year
Kongpar year 13-46, minted in the 1820s, pointed arch above the year
Kongpar year 13-46, minted in the 1860s, no dot in between the date
Kongpar year 13-46, minted in the 1860, 2 dots in between the date
Kongpar year 15-24, 1890, fishes turn anticlockwise (NE luck symbol),9 dots in the wheel (E symbol)
Kongpar year 15-24, 1890, fishes turn clockwise (NE luck symbol),9 dots in the wheel (E symbol)
Kongpar year 15-24, 1890, fishes turn anticlockwise (NE luck symbol),8 dots in the wheel (E symbol)
Kongpar year 15-24, 1890, fishes turn clockwise (NE luck symbol),8 dots in the wheel (E symbol)
Kongpar year 15-24, 1890, fishes turn anticlockwise (NE luck symbol),7 dots in the wheel (E symbol)
Kongpar year 15-24, 1890, fishes turn clockwise (NE luck symbol),7 dots in the wheel (E symbol)
Kongpar year 15-25, 1891, fishes turn clockwise (NE luck symbol),8 dots in the wheel (E symbol)
Kongpar year 15-25, 1891, fishes turn anticlockwise (NE luck symbol),9 dots in the wheel (E symbol)
Kongpar year 13-46, copper
Kongpar year 13-46, copper
Kongpar year 13-46, copper

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