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Tibetan Coins: 1 Sho & Tangka Fake?

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 Posted 02/08/2012  7:59 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Stan to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hey guys, I need more authentication experience.

The first coin is a Tibetan 1 Tangka. Silver, I think. Is it authentic? If so, can anyone date it? I tried but I can't.

The second is a Tibetan 1 Sho. It seems authentic, but I can't get the date. I want to say it's 1940, but there's no KM listing for that year. The numbers around the edges are mine - just ignore them.

Can anyone help?



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 Posted 02/08/2012  8:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DCH to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Tangka looks like E13.1 ND(1899-1907)
I read the Sho as 15-54 1920.
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 Posted 02/08/2012  8:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Stan to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks DCH!
So you think they're both genuine coins?
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 Posted 02/08/2012  9:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DCH to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
They look real to me.
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 Posted 02/08/2012  9:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Stan to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hm. I agree with the sho coin.
But for the tangka, if you look at the obverse, you see lines instead of tiny dots. Compare to this pic:

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What do you think? Just a variety difference since there were, in fact, many variations?
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 Posted 02/09/2012  02:53 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bacchus2 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The coin is genuine. There are many variations of this type.
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 Posted 05/05/2012  11:03 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add silvermaniac to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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The coin is genuine. There are many variations of this type.


True... the last time I bought one of these I went mad trying to figure out exactly which one it was. There are dozens of different variations, and most catalogs only show pictures of the most representative ones.
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