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</p><p>BLACK TANGKA :     Nominally a Mohar of Jaya Ranjit Malla, 1722-69 of Bhatgaon. Trident, banners s. Nepali script, R: 8-lobed square, Nepali script, fixed date 842; 5.07-5.53g; Bhatgaon Mint. Low-fineness version of a Nepali coin produced for decades for export to Tibet, it may be the only coin that caused a war. Increasing debasement (i.e. "blackness") led to a refusal to pay, prime motivation for Nepali invasions 1788-91. Chinese allies took control of the country and established the first Tibetan mint. Rhodes, N., Coinage of Nepal, 1989, p. 206.     Informational Photo: VARIETIES 
</p><p>C20aX 
  "Black" Tangka FORGERY (contemporary), NE842 (1722), Variety: "U" &amp; wide-spaced dots below trident, finer silve variety, possibly of 1720s-1735, but this a baser silver with low weight 4.11g.     
VF-EF    $20.00 
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</p><p>C20aX 
  "Black" Tangka FORGERY (contemporary), NE842 (1722), Variety: "U" &amp; wide-spaced dots below trident, finer silve variety, possibly of 1720s-1735, but this a baser silver with low weight 4.05g.     
cleaned VF    $20.00 
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</p><p>C20b 
  "Black" Tangka, NE842 (1722), Variety: Tri-lobe &amp; close-together dots below trident, irregular obv/rev rotation, poorer silver, possibly 1735-53.     R565, KM (Nepal)-108v, YZM542 
F+-VF crude flan    $22.50 
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</p><p>C20b 
  "Black" Tangka, NE842 (1722), Variety: Tri-lobe &amp; close-together dots below trident, irregular obv/rev rotation, poorer silver, possibly 1735-53.     R565, KM (Nepal)-108v, YZM542 
Vg+-F crude flan    $14.50 
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</p><p>C20b 
  "Black" Tangka, NE842 (1722), Variety: Tri-lobe &amp; close-together dots below trident, irregular obv/rev rotation, poorer silver, possibly 1735-53.     R565, KM (Nepal)-108v, YZM542 
SAMPLES VG+-F crude $13.50; F+-VF crude flan    $21.00 
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</p><p>C20c 
  "Black" Tangka, NE842 (1722), Variety: copper (possibly contemporary forgery), R565v     
Vg    $15.00 
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JAYA PRAKASHA MOHAR, SEGMENTS :     Nepali Mohur of Jaya Prakash Malla of Kathmandu (1735-46 AD). Fineness about .666. Circulated in Tibet and was cut to produce fractionals, which are always found heavily circulated. Rhodes p. 94 #327-29 (varieties) &amp; pp. 204-09. KM listings are under Nepal.     5 SKAR VARIETIES    Informational Photos: 7½ SKAR VARIETIES    10 SKAR VARIETIES 
</p><p>C41d 
  7½ Skar, Nepali Mohur of Jaya Prakash Malla of Kathmandu (1735-46), 4 Petals, center &amp; edge cut, R1415, KM268     R1415, KM268 
Vg-F    $22.50 16.5 D 
PRATAP SIMHA MOHAR &amp; SEGMENTS :     Nepali Mohur of Pratap Simha, Gorkha ruler of Nepal 1775-77, variety struck for Tibet. Nepal supplied Tibet with 1.5 million Mohur coins bearing legends of Pratap Simha but the reverse syllables of Sri Sri Gorkhanatha are in separated fleurettes rather than adjacent pointed arches as with his homeland type, and the fineness was .667. Cut segments are more common than uncut Mohars. KM listings are under Nepal.    Informational Photos: 5 SKAR VARIETIES    7½ SKAR VARIETIES    10 SKAR VARIETIES 
</p><p>C43 
  Pratap Simha Mohar struck for Tibet, SE1697 (1775 AD)     KM#472.2, R640, YZM611v 
VF-EF    $45.00 
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</p><p>C44a 
  Pratap Simha Tanka, cut, 5 Skar, cut (=3 petals), (1775-77), Variety: cut straight.     KM#481, R1425 
Vg-F $12.50;SAMPLES F-VF    $19.50 
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</p><p>C44b 
  Pratap Simha Tanka, cut, 5 Skar, cut (=3 petals), (1775-77), Variety: cut straight and at edges.     KM#482, R1426 
SAMPLES Vg-F    $14.50 
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</p><p>C45a 
  Pratap Simha Tanka, cut, 7½ Skar, cut (=4 petals), (1775-77), Variety: cut straight.     KM#483, R1422 
SAMPLES Vg-F $13.50; F-VF    $21.50 
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</p><p>C45a 
  Pratap Simha Tanka, cut, 7½ Skar, cut (=4 petals), (1775-77), Variety: cut straight. Date visible: SE1697 (1776AD)     KM#483, R1422 
VF    $30.00 
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</p><p>C45a 
  Pratap Simha Tanka, cut, 7½ Skar, cut (=4 petals), (1775-77), Variety: cut straight. Date visible: SE1697 (1776AD)     KM#483, R1422 
F-VF    $27.50 
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</p><p>C45d 
  Pratap Simha Tanka, cut, 7½ Skar, cut (=4 petals), (1775-77), Variety: edges &amp; center cut.     KM#484, R1423-24, N407-10 
F-VF    $24.50 
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</p><p>C46a 
  Pratap Simha Tanka, cut, 10 Skar, cut (=5 petals), (1775-77), Variety: cut straight.     KM#485, R1418 
F-VF    $19.50 
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</p><p>C46a 
  Pratap Simha Tanka, cut, 10 Skar, cut (=5 petals), (1775-77), Variety: cut straight, date visible: SE1697 (AD1775)     KM#485, R1418 
F-VF    $25.00 
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</p><p>C46a 
  Pratap Simha Tanka, cut, 10 Skar, cut (=5 petals), (1775-77), Variety: cut straight, date visible: SE1698 (=1776 AD).     KM#485, R1418 
VF-EF    $30.00 
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</p><p>C46b 
  Pratap Simha Tanka, cut, 10 Skar, cut (=5 petals), (1775-77), Variety: cut straight, and edges.     KM#486, R1419 
VF    $19.50 
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</p><p>C46b 
  Pratap Simha Tanka, cut, 10 Skar, cut (=5 petals), (1775-77), Variety: cut straight, and edges.     KM#486, R1419 
F-VF    $21.50 
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</p><p>C46b 
  Pratap Simha Tanka, cut, 10 Skar, cut (=5 petals), (1775-77), Variety: cut straight, and edges, Date visible: SE1697 (=1775 AD)     KM#486, R1419 
F-VF    $25.00 
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</p><p>C46b 
  Pratap Simha Tanka, cut, 10 Skar, cut (=5 petals), (1775-77), Variety: cut straight, and edges, Date visible: SE1698 (=1776 AD)     KM#486, R1419 
VF    $27.50 
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</p><p>C46d 
  Pratap Simha Tanka, cut, 10 Skar, cut (=5 petals), (1775-77), Variety: cut edges &amp; center     KM#486, R1420 
EF    $26.50 
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</p><p>C46d 
  Pratap Simha Tanka, cut, 10 Skar, cut (=5 petals), (1775-77), Variety: cut edges &amp; center, Date visible: SE1698 (=AD1776)     KM#486, R1420 
F    $22.50 
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</p><p>C46d 
  Pratap Simha Tanka, cut, 10 Skar, cut (=5 petals), (1775-77), Variety: cut edges &amp; center, Date visible: SE1698 (=AD1776)     KM#486, R1420 
Vg+    $17.50 
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RANJANA MOHAR, SEGMENT For a discussion of the Ranjana Tangka, see below. It was cut between petals to make fractional units (cho-tang), just as were the Jaya Prakash (C40-42) and Pratap Simha (C43-45), but unlike these, almost never with additional clippings at edge or center. Bertsch suggests this was because the coin was used as much as a charm as a coin, hence further mutilation would be sacrilege, or due to enforcement of a decree against clipping. Although cut Ranjanas are generally scarce, the Damkoehler collection included 61 pieces (plus 4 from other sources) as follows: 3 Petals: 15/40a 6, 15/40b 5, 15/40c 3, 15/40d 2, 15/40e 2, 15/46 1, 16/69 1, 16/92d 1, 16/x 1, NDv 21, NDv shaved 3; 4 Petals: 15/40b 1, 15/40c 1, 15/40e 1, NDv 7; 5 Petals: 15/40b 3, 15/40c 1, 15/40e 1, 16/69 1, NDv 4;    Informational Photo: VARIETIES 
</p><p>C24a 
  Ranjana Tanka, cut, 5 Skar (=3 petals), c.1880-1912, Variety: Straight cut; no date visible.     BR21 
SAMPLES VF-EF    $19.50 
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</p><p>C24a 
  Ranjana Tanka, cut, 5 Skar (=3 petals), c.1880-1912, Variety: Straight cut; no date visible. Privately minted by Newari traders in Lhasa copying a Nepali coin &amp; later cut for change. INFORMATIONAL PHOTO     BR21 
VF-EF    $21.50 
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</p><p>C24a 
  Ranjana Tanka, cut, 5 Skar (=3 petals), c.1880-1912, Variety: Straight cut; 15/40 date visible, Bertsch die "b"     BR21 
F-VF    $22.50 
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</p><p>C24b 
  Ranjana Tanka, cut, 5 Skar (=3 petals), c.1880-1912, Variety: Straight cut; No date visible, slight shaving of outer edges. An unusual feature, as this type was rarely "desecrated" by clipping or shaving.     BR22 
VF-EF    $27.50 
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</p><p>C25 
  Ranjana Tanka, cut, 7½ Skar (=4 petals), c.1880-1912, Variety: Straight cut; no date visible.     BR23 BR25 BR26 N419 N420 
SAMPLES VF-EF    $33.50 
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RANJANA MOHAR :     c.1880-90   Small (6mm) circle around Lotus (no water line) s. Nepali script in square s. symbols, false date, R: Nepali script, trident in 3 lines s. 8 Nepali letters in fleurettes; 27-30mm, 4.14-5.23g.   BR = W. Bertsch, "The Tibetan Tangka with Ranjana Script," ONS Newsletter #185, Autumn, 2005, pp. 18-31 is a die study. Privately minted by Newari traders in Lhasa copying a Nepali coin, little care was given to consistency of details. Comparing the 4th and 2nd characters bottom row in square is sufficient to distinguish dies for the commoner 16/61 and 15/40 dates. These are the most likely visible on cut specimens showing dates. First top letter (T1) helps with 15/40. Numerals are read as: backwards 3 = 6; backwards 1 = 9; 6's are Nepali 6's, not Tibetan.     Informational Photo: DATES &amp; VARIETIES .
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