| Issuer | Tibet |
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| Year | 1947 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 5 Sho (0.5) |
| Currency | Srang (1792-1959) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 8.70 g |
| Diameter | 29 mm |
| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Engraver(s) | |
| In circulation to | |
| Reference(s) | Y#28 |
| Obverse description | Snow lion facing left in front of Mount Kailash (two mountain peaks) with two suns in the background. |
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| Obverse script | |
| Obverse lettering | |
| Reverse description | Tibetan characters surrounded by more characters within the petals of an eight-petalled lotus. |
| Reverse script | Tibetan |
| Reverse lettering | དགའ་ལྡན་ཕོ་བྲང་ ཕྱོ་ ལས་རྣམ་ རྣམ་རྒྱལ། རབ་བྱུང་ ༡༦ ལོ་༢༡ ཉོ་ལྔ། (Translation: dga` ldan pho brang phyo(gs) las rnam rgyal / rab byung / 16 lo 21 / zho lnga The Ganden palace, victorious in all directions / Cycle 16, year 21, 5 Sho) |
| Edge | Reeded. |
| Mint | |
| Mintage | 21 (1947) - ༡༦ - ༢༡ (dot at position C) - 21 (1947) - ༡༦ - ༢༡ (dots at position A and B) - |
| Numisquare ID | 7606977690 |
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