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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 190604, member: 6229"]You know that "Dollars" and <i>Thalers</i> weren't the only widely accepted "Trade Coinage" in the Orient. You understand India minted <i>Rupees </i>as a 'Trade Coin".</p><p> </p><p>During the late 1800s and early 1900s Tibet, a large country situated between China and India, was, also, a source of trade to the world. China Silver Dollars (Y318a, Y329, Y345, Y449 and Y459), Great Britain Silver "Trade Dollars", Japanese silver "Trade Dollars" and India Silver Rupees circulated freely. These were considered "large denomination" coins. Since "small coins" were hard to come by, many merchants halved and quartered the Dollars and Rupees to give as "change" to their customers.</p><p>From 1902 through 1934 Tibet minted one-quarter, one-half and 0ne Rupee coins as their own "Trade Coinage".</p><p> </p><p>All the decimal Rupees and some one Rupee coins were struck at the Szechuan Mint. Some Rupees were minted at Tatsien-Lu Mint.</p><p> </p><p>Some examples:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img13/229-3_3&desc=Tibet%20y3.3%201%20Rupee%20(1902-1942" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img13/229-3_3&desc=Tibet%20y3.3%201%20Rupee%20(1902-1942" rel="nofollow">http://www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img13/229-3_3&desc=Tibet%20y3.3%201%20Rupee%20(1902-1942</a>)</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img12/76-T5&desc=Great%20Britain%20kmT5%201%20Dollar%20(1895-1935)%20Trade%20Dollar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img12/76-T5&desc=Great%20Britain%20kmT5%201%20Dollar%20(1895-1935)%20Trade%20Dollar" rel="nofollow">http://www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img12/76-T5&desc=Great%20Britain%20kmT5%201%20Dollar%20(1895-1935)%20Trade%20Dollar</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img9/87-508&desc=British%20India%20km508%201%20Rupee%20(1903-1910" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img9/87-508&desc=British%20India%20km508%201%20Rupee%20(1903-1910" rel="nofollow">http://www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img9/87-508&desc=British%20India%20km508%201%20Rupee%20(1903-1910</a>)</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img9/87-524&desc=British%20India%20km524%201%20Rupee%20(1912-1936" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img9/87-524&desc=British%20India%20km524%201%20Rupee%20(1912-1936" rel="nofollow">http://www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img9/87-524&desc=British%20India%20km524%201%20Rupee%20(1912-1936</a>)</p><p> </p><p><font size="2">Clinker</font></p><p><font size="2"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 190604, member: 6229"]You know that "Dollars" and [I]Thalers[/I] weren't the only widely accepted "Trade Coinage" in the Orient. You understand India minted [I]Rupees [/I]as a 'Trade Coin". During the late 1800s and early 1900s Tibet, a large country situated between China and India, was, also, a source of trade to the world. China Silver Dollars (Y318a, Y329, Y345, Y449 and Y459), Great Britain Silver "Trade Dollars", Japanese silver "Trade Dollars" and India Silver Rupees circulated freely. These were considered "large denomination" coins. Since "small coins" were hard to come by, many merchants halved and quartered the Dollars and Rupees to give as "change" to their customers. From 1902 through 1934 Tibet minted one-quarter, one-half and 0ne Rupee coins as their own "Trade Coinage". All the decimal Rupees and some one Rupee coins were struck at the Szechuan Mint. Some Rupees were minted at Tatsien-Lu Mint. Some examples: [URL="http://www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img13/229-3_3&desc=Tibet%20y3.3%201%20Rupee%20(1902-1942"]http://www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img13/229-3_3&desc=Tibet%20y3.3%201%20Rupee%20(1902-1942[/URL]) [URL="http://www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img12/76-T5&desc=Great%20Britain%20kmT5%201%20Dollar%20(1895-1935)%20Trade%20Dollar"]http://www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img12/76-T5&desc=Great%20Britain%20kmT5%201%20Dollar%20(1895-1935)%20Trade%20Dollar[/URL] [URL="http://www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img9/87-508&desc=British%20India%20km508%201%20Rupee%20(1903-1910"]http://www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img9/87-508&desc=British%20India%20km508%201%20Rupee%20(1903-1910[/URL]) [URL="http://www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img9/87-524&desc=British%20India%20km524%201%20Rupee%20(1912-1936"]http://www.worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img9/87-524&desc=British%20India%20km524%201%20Rupee%20(1912-1936[/URL]) [SIZE=2]Clinker [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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