Tibetan Coin Charm Sustaining Sangha Membership - Set with peridot eyes

Set with peridot eyes

emblem of endless rebirth

and 4” x 4”  size wall tile

The EDI Scholarship was established in 2015 as part of a multi-faceted cultural literacy program

Tibetan Coin Charm Sustaining Sangha Membership - Set with peridot eyesAuthentic Tibetan silver coin (Ga den tanka in Tibetan), hand stamped with an 8 petaled lotus wheel and the Eight Auspicious Symbols. The Ga den tangkas date from c. 1850. This was struck in 1948. Thirteen major varieties in design have been cataloged. In all, there are at least 37 known minor varieties, but possibly 50 or more that could be noted. The obverse of these coins show the eight auspicious symbols in Tibetan Buddhism, or bkra shis rtags