WIKIPEDIA: Tibet banknotes and coins

Tibet banknotes
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The first Tibet banknotes were issued between 1912 and principles of 1913 (1658-59 of the Tibetan calendar), with increasing facial values ​​of 5 (green or blue), 10 (rojo), 15 (violet), 25 (brown or yellow), 50 (blue or purple) and 100 there srang, hand-numbered in black ink by specially trained native calligraphers. They have a red stamp on the left on the obverse., symbol of the authority of the dalai lama, other, black on the right, of the «Government Treasury» o «Government Bank», next to the following text written in alfabeto 'Phags-pa:

Gangs ljongs body rgyal khab chen po´i lugs zung chab
Srid dbu brnyes kyi lo chig stong drug brgya bcu nga brgyad
Phun tshogs sde bzhi´i dpal mnga´ phan bde´i spyi nor
Chos srid gnyis ldan gyi rab byung bco lnga pa´i[ba ´i] it's morning.

Translation
1658 years since the founding of the secular religious form of government in the great country of Tibet, the land of snow, paper money (it's morning) of the 15th.º cycle (rab byung bco lnga) of the government of religion and politics (Directly open), the universal jewel (spyini) of benefit and blessing, endowed with the four types of sponsorship.

Although new series continued to appear, They all continued to invariably present the date of issue of the first (1658 = 1912greg.). Finally, were removed from circulation, being replaced by renminbi chino (literally, «town currency») in 1959.1

Tibet Coins
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Las coins of the Tibet were minted in this region of Asia Central since the second half of the 18th century (17631764  and  1785) until the middle of the 20th.

Before the government of the fifth Dalai Lama (Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso, 16171682), the existence of a certain set of small gold ingots is known, used as a means of payment to public treasury officials, So far there is no agreement among specialists on whether or not they should be classified as pieces of legal tender..1

Already in 1792, the first mass-produced silver coins are created, with the joint approval of the Chinese and Tibetan authorities and legends in both languages. in 1840, The first purely Tibetan examples begin to be manufactured. They stopped broadcasting in 1954 and its use was gradually reduced until its definitive disappearance in 1959. Nevertheless, is from 1910 when a greater number of copper and silver coins are put into circulation, of different facial values. Just come in 1918  and  1921, some gold is issued. Its coinage in rudimentary steam engines, the numerous cecas spread throughout the area, as well as the use of primitive blanks made almost by hand, make the weight of each piece and its alignment extremely variable.

Its basic unit was the tangka, which was equivalent to between 5,4 and 5,6 grams of alloyed silver, and the srang, corresponding to 37,3 grams of pure silver. Respect to its geographic scope, It should be noted that they circulated throughout the territory now known as «Greater Tibet» o «historical tibet», then formed by the current provinces chinas of Shroud, Kham  and  Ü-Tsang.

 

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