page_title: Tibetan tangka
section_title: Nepali tangkas and mohars for Tibet and the first Tibetan tangkas
hierarchical_section_title: Tibetan tangka / Coins / Nepali tangkas and mohars for Tibet and the first Tibetan tangkas
caption_attribution_description: English: Tibetan tangka, dated year 58 of Qian Long era, reverse
context_page_description: The tangka was a currency of Tibet until 1941. It was subdivided into 15 skar or 1½ sho and, from 1909, it circulated alongside the srang, worth 10 sho.
context_section_description: The first tangkas were struck in Nepal from about 1640. From this period onwards many Nepali tangkas were exported to Tibet.  Subsequently silver coins of a reduced weight standard, mohars, were struck by the kings of the three Malla kingdoms which shared the Kathmandu valley. In the 18th century special debased mohars were struck by Nepal for Tibet. In 1763/4 and 1785 the first tangkas were minted in Tibet. These followed the Nepali fabric and type with minor differences to assert their local origins. In 1791, the Tibetan government opened a mint and started striking the so-called kong par tangkas. Its operations were suspended two years later but it re-opened in about 1836.
caption: Sino Tibetan silver tangka, dated 58th year of Qian Long era, reverse. Weight 5.57 g. Diameter: 30 mm
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