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depends on their weight. The one most in use is called the Ta-mig-ma £'gjCT]'SJ or 

 " horse-hoof," the value of which varies according to its weight between 60 and 70 

 rupees. There is also the Yak-mig-ma ^U^'J^'&J or " Yak's hoof " worth about 12 to 



14 rupees, and the ^"$j^"51 or " Goat's hoof," the value of which varies from two to 

 three rupees. 



The Indian rupee is also current throughout Tibet and exchanges as equivalent 

 to three tang-kas. It is called Gor-mo (S*\'ST ) or " The round coin," Phi-ling or Chhi- 

 ling gor-mo (9'SP") " The foreign round coin." 



When rupees bearing the King's head were first brought into Tibet with the 

 Tibet mission , the Tibetans were at first not always willing to take them ; as they 

 were only accustomed to those bearing the head of Queen Victoria which they knew, 

 and the reverse of which was also different ; but the distrust soon passed away and 

 King Edward's rupees were taken as freely as Queen Victoria's. 



In parts of the interior of the country, however, money is little used and its place 

 is taken by barter. Chinese brick tea, too, is largely used as medium of exchange. It 

 is made in different qualities which bear a distinctive label and are of a different 

 value. 



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