TIBET (SZECHUAN) RUPEE SILVER COIN, rare/TZ3

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"THE RAMAN COLLECTION" Tibetan Szechuan 1 Rupee(Flat Nose) silver coin Country:Tibet Denomination: 1 Rupee COMPOSITION:SILVER Value: 1 rupee coin Wieght: 11.50 Gram Diameter:30.50 mm Rupee(Y#3) due to their inscriptions and first mint also called Szechuan rupees. Total mintage of the 1 rupee between 1902 and 1942 (with decreasing fineness) was between 25.5And 27.5 million according to Chinese sources. In additions to the type illustrated above, large quantities of the following coins also circulated in Tibet: china dollars Y#318a 329 plus Szechuan issues Y#449 and 459 and Indian rupees, KM#473, 492, AND 508. Rupees exist with local merchant countermarks in Chinese Tibetan and other scripts. Example of crow-size rupees struck in silver (26.30-27.90grams) and gold (36.30grams) are considered fantasies and are Listed in unusual world coins 5 th editions, Krause publications, 2007 Struck in Kang Ding, near the border of China Szechuan (sichuan) province and Tibet. It was meant to replace the Indian Rupee which was used in Eastern Tibet and western Szechuan Province in the 19th century and is considered the forerunner of the Szechuan rupee. Tibet is a plateau region in Asia , north of the Himalayas . It is home to the Tibetan people , and to some other ethnic groups such as Monpas and Lhobas , and is inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people . Tibet is the highest region on earth, with an average elevation of 4,900 metres (16,000 ft.). It is sometimes referred to as the Roof of the World .During Tibet's history , starting from the 7th century, it has existed as a unified empire and as a region of separate self-governing territories, vassal states, and Chinese provinces. In the interregnums, various sects of Tibetan Buddhism , secular nobles, and foreign rulers have vied for power in Tibet. The latest religious struggle marked the ascendancy of the Dalai Lamas to power in the 17th century, though his rule was often merely nominal with real power resting in the hands of various regents and viceroys. Today, most of cultural Tibet is ruled as " autonomous areas " by the People's Republic of China . Tibet's Dalai Lama: The Dalai Lama ( a Mongolian title meaning "Ocean of Wisdom" ) is the most powerful figure in the Geluk or Gelugpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism, and has received the highest teachings and empowerments of all the main schools of Tibetan Buddhism. He also presents core teachings from all of these main schools. Until the People's Republic of China instituted direct control in 1959 and forced the 14th Dalai Lama's exile, they had always resided in the Potala Palace in Lhasa. They are believed to be manifestations of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, whose name is Chenrezig in Tibetan and Avalokiteshvara in Sanskrit. Yonten Gyatso (1589–1616), the fourth Dalai Lama and a non-Tibetan, was the grandson of Altan Khan . He died in 1617 in his mid-twenties. Some people say he was poisoned but there is no real evidence one way or the other. [30 ] Lobsang Gyatso ( Wylie transliteration : Blo-bzang Rgya-mtsho), the Great Fifth Dalai Lama, (1617–1682) was the first Dalai Lama to wield effective political power over central Tibet. The fifth Dalai Lama is known for unifying the Tibetan heartland under the control of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism , after defeating the rival Kagyu and Jonang sects and the secular ruler, the Tsangpa prince, in a prolonged civil war. His efforts were successful in part because of aid from Gushi Khan , a powerful Oirat military leader. The Jonang monasteries were either closed or forcibly converted, and that school remained in hiding until the latter part of the 20th century. With the Gushi Khan as a largely uninvolved overlord, the 5th Dalai Lama and his intimates established a civil administration which is referred to by historians as the Lhasa state . The core leadership of this government was also referred to as the Ganden Podrang by metony... read more

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