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+1⁄2sho and, from 1909, it circulated alongside the srang, worth 10 sho.
Tibetan undated silver tangka (2nd half of 18th century) with eight times the syllable "dza" in vartula script,obverseTibetan undated silver tangka (2nd half of 18th century) with eight times the syllable "dza" in vartula script,reverse