The numismatic chronicle and journal of the Royal Numismatic Society

352 NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE.
VII. Obv. Same. On the rim : ^
'
f ' W
'
* drug chu tham
pa= Sixty.
Rev. Same. On the rim: "/^ -p ^ Luh shih nien=
Sixtieth year = ( 1796).
Size 7. Weight 52-5. B.M.
VIII. Obv. ** ' ^
'
^3 '
*1^ cha htsin paufftsanff^Taang
coinage of Cha Ts'in. On the rim : '
^i ^
Jj^ brgyad pa
= Eighth.
RGV - jOi Si 5S HI Eia K'ing pao Tsang. Same
meaning with the difference of pronunciation of the
proper name. On the rim: /\ f pahnien= Eighth
year (of the Emperor's reign begun in 1796) =1803.
Size 7. Weight of 3 spec. 57, 57, 57. B.M.
(PI. xv. fig. 7.)
Those coins of the eighth year of Kia King are the
worst of all this coinage, as castings. On the Chinese
side the four fleurets have been dropped altogether.
IX. Obv. ZJ* (V >*^ icha htsing .... the remaining pan
o\
gtsang as the preceding. 32 On the rim : ^ * *
3"
Jj ^J
ni shu rtsa lnga= Twenty-five.
Rev. Same as preceding. On the rim : ""1 -f jfc ^
(El shih wu nien= Twenty-fifth year = ( 1820).
Siz 7. Weight 3 spec. 56, 57, 58 gr. B.M.
X. Obv. ^* *
vJ^ '
^5 '1*^ rdao guong pau gisang = Coinage
of Dao Guong for Tsang. 31 On the rim: *|^*l**l
gnis pa= Second.
Rev. ?E 5^ ^ |^ Tao Kuang pao Tsang. Same
meaning as Tibetan obverse. On the rim: ^ .
CE\ nien= Second year (of Tao Kuang's reign begun
1821)- 1822.
Size 7-5. Weight 6 spec. 57, 58, 56, 58, 59, 58.
3 B.M. 3 Ind. Off. (PL xv. fig. 8.)
31 The orthography of the first two words is wrong, cf. No. IX., but there
is no doubt about the reading. The analysis of one of these coins is given in
Prinsep-Thomas, Indian Antiquities, vol. li. U.T. p. 130, as weight 58 grains ;
touch 79'2 ; pure contents 45'91 grains ; intrinsic value of 100, 27'827
Furukhabad rupees.
32 On some issues of this coin the last letter of gtsang ^ ng is missing.
33 In contradistinction with the others, reads top, bottom, right, left.
34 Dr. Bushell, loc. cit., has published the coin No. VI., and also a specimen
-/of
Tao Kuang, but dated on the Tibetan side ^^'*J dang po = first, and on
the Chinese side Tr* /
ffc yucn nien = first year.