Tibetan Tangka Coin - Lotus Flower + Buddhist Lucky Symbols - Mounted Sterling Silver - (Includes sterling chain)

Flaunt your fearless nature with a Tibetan Tangka Coin!

Showcasing a stunning Lotus Flower + Buddhist Lucky Symbols,

this piece of mounted sterling silver is both awe-inspiring and lucky! Plus,

 it comes with a sterling chain! Let your style shine!

Denomination: 1 Tangka  

Date: Circa (1850-1948) CE

Description: Obverse: Lotus Flower + 8 Buddhist Lucky Symbols. Reverse: : 8-petalled Wheel/Flower. 

History: These Tibetan silver coins are known as Ga-den.  Silver Tangkas are considered by many to be the most beautiful of all Tibetan coins. They were struck around the time of the 12th Dalai Lama. Tibet historically represented a forbidden land encircled by the Himalayan and Kunlum mountains. The Dalai Lamas, the spiritual leader purposely isolated the country for over a thousand years.  The Tanka's obverse shows a Lotus Flower within a circle surrounded by the 8 Buddhist Lucky Symbols:

Chattra-Parasol - Protection against all evil. 

Shrivasta- An infinite knot; long life and never-ending love.

Dharmachakra - Wheel of the Law; the eight spokes represent the eight-fold-path. Completion and salvation through Buddha's teachings.

Kalasha-vase of abundance - Contains water of immortality.

Matsyayugma - Golden fish -  Salvation from suffering, fertility.

Padma- The Perfect Lotus - Purity

RM149