Takpo Mint, Kemdong Dzong, Tibet, China

(en) R. W. Shakabpa, the former Finance Minister of Tibet , recorded that copper blanks were also manufactured in the province of Takpo, a wooded area about 16 km to the south east of Lhasa. This branch mint was apparently operating during the 1920s, but no confirmation of this has been possible from other sources. It is interesting to note that the paper for Tibetan banknotes came from this area. It was produced from a special kind of tree bark called “Shogping”, which grew in the Kemdong District of Takpo Province and the branch may have been located at Kemdong Dzong.

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Sources:
• Fred Kempf; 1969. “A Primary Report on Native Tibetan Coins”. Seattle, Washington, United States.
• Nicholas G. Rhodes; 1978. "Tibetan Mints". Oriental Numismatic Society Information Sheet, number 19, Prestwood, United Kingdom.