Tibetan skar
The Tibetan skar was a weight unit representing a 100th part of one srang or the 10th part of one sho. The term was also used to refer to monetary units in the first half of the 20th century when copper coins were issued by Tibet which had the denominations 1/2, 1, 2 and half, 5 and 7 and half skar. One unit is referred to as skar gang in Tibetan.
Mimangxogngü skar
Since the 1950s, China has issued the homonymic mimangxogngü skar in Tibet, which is a synonym of renminbi fen. Since 1959, all traditional skar coins are substituted byMimangxogngu skar.