Image 8Tibetan silver tangka with Ranjana (Lantsa) script, dated 15-28 (= AD 1894), obverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 9Athens coin (c. 500/490-485 BC) discovered in
Pushkalavati. This coin is the earliest known example of its type to be found so far east. (from Punch-marked coins)
Image 10Sino Tibetan silver tangka, dated 58th year of Qian Long era, obverse. Weight 5.57 g. Diameter: 30 mm (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 29A 640 BC one-third
staterelectrum coin from
Lydia. According to
Herodotus, the
Lydians were the first people to introduce the use of
gold and
silver coins. It is thought by modern scholars that these first stamped
coins were minted around 650 to 600 BC. (from Money)
Image 30Song Dynasty Jiaozi, the world's earliest paper money (from Money)
Image 31Tibetan undated silver tangka (2nd half of 18th century) with eight times the syllable "dza" in vartula script,reverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 8Tibetan silver tangka with Ranjana (Lantsa) script, dated 15-28 (= AD 1894), obverse (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 9Athens coin (c. 500/490-485 BC) discovered in
Pushkalavati. This coin is the earliest known example of its type to be found so far east. (from Punch-marked coins)
Image 10Sino Tibetan silver tangka, dated 58th year of Qian Long era, obverse. Weight 5.57 g. Diameter: 30 mm (from Tibetan tangka)
Image 29A 640 BC one-third
staterelectrum coin from
Lydia. According to
Herodotus, the
Lydians were the first people to introduce the use of
gold and
silver coins. It is thought by modern scholars that these first stamped
coins were minted around 650 to 600 BC. (from Money)
Image 30Song Dynasty Jiaozi, the world's earliest paper money (from Money)
Image 31Tibetan undated silver tangka (2nd half of 18th century) with eight times the syllable "dza" in vartula script,reverse (from Tibetan tangka)