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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 5317100, member: 51347&quot;]I carry this as a Pocket Piece.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/jd1rtGB9/Gaden-Tanka-6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>TIBET. Anonymous.</p><p>AR <i>Ga-den</i> tangka; 3.9g, 30mm, 12h.</p><p>Obv.: Lotus flower in center circle surrounded by the eight auspicious symbols of Tibetan Buddhism: umbrella of sovereignty, two golden fish of good fortune, amphora of ambrosia, lotus, conch shell, emblem of endless rebirth, banner of victory and wheel of empire; all surrounded by another circle, surrounded by a circle of dots, surrounded by an outer circle.</p><p>Rev.: Eight-spoke wheel inside an eight-point star encircled by legend in Tibetan which reads <i>dga&#039;-ldan pho-brang-phyod-las-rnam-rgyal</i> (The Palace of <i>Ga-den</i> is victorious in all directions); all surrounded by another circle, surrounded by a circle of dots, surrounded by an outer circle.</p><p>Reference: Y#13, L&amp;M#627.</p><p>COMMENTS:&nbsp; They are quite scarce, at least in the West, but generally speaking, all Tibetan coinage is scarce. The first local mint didn&#039;t open until 1791, only to close two years later. Tibet did not issue its own coins again until 1836, and continued to do so in small numbers until 1950, at which point the country was taken over by China. There is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_tangka" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_tangka" rel="nofollow">good wiki article</a> on all of these various types, and I quote the paragraph about the Tibetan issues...</p><p><br /></p><p>“The <i>Ga-den</i> tangka date from c.1850 and these were struck till 1948. Thirteen major varieties in design have been catalogued. In all, there are at least 37 known minor varieties, but possibly 50 or more that could be noted. The obverse of the coins show the eight auspicious symbols (Tibetan: <i>bkra shis rtags brgad</i>) of Tibetan Buddhism: umbrella of sovereignty, two golden fish of good fortune, amphora of ambrosia, lotus, conch shell, emblem of endless rebirth, banner of victory and wheel of empire. These are usually arrayed around a central lotus. Their actual order and specific designs varied over time. The two sides of the coin have the same orientation. Starting from the top, the legend in Tibetan on the reverse says: <i>dga&#039;-ldan pho-brang-phyod-las-rnam-rgyal</i> (The Palace of <i>Ga-den</i> is victorious in all directions). The legend is written in such a way as to fit into eight circles. These are actually derived from an earlier style in which the characters were inside lotus petals.”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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