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Other
varieties
Number of dots.
There is a big range of number of dots around
the obverse and reverse borders. In my collection there are coins with 35 dots
up to 82 dots. In general the later Ga-den Thanka types, from type Fvi /KM
y13.6, have more dots.
small
amount of dots
big amount of dots
Presence of
spokes on the reverse side of the coin.
On the first
types of the Ga-den Thangkas you can't find spokes. On later types of the same
Thangkas there are spokes which extend to the octagon.
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without
spokes
with spokes
'Mules'
'Mules' ; In this
variation there is a different reverse side instead of the reverse side which
is normally accompanying the obverse side (e.g. The reverse die will
come to the end of its life-time before the obverse die. In this case the
obverse die will continue to be used with a newly cut die or with an other old reverse die).
In the following
example the size of the obverse die is smaller than the size of the
reverse side.
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Rhodes
Fxi / KM y13.8
Die rotation
Die rotation; the
obverse and reverse of the coin are not correctly aligned.
Size
The size of most
Ga-den Thangkas is between 26 mm and 29 mm. A bigger variety of about 31 mm is
known. This last variety is very rare!
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