Tibetan tangka
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This article is about the Tibetan currency. For the religious paintings, see Thangka.
The tangka (Tibetan: Tam or dngul Tam = silver tangka) was a currency of Tibet until 1941. It was subdivided into 15 skar or 1+1⁄2 sho and, from 1909, it circulated alongside the srang, worth 10 sho.