BHUTAN Coins
Chetrum vs Chhertum: Bhutan Decimal Coinage Guide
Illustrated Specimen Details: Chetrum Coin Example Specimen: 20 Chetrums, 1974 (Bhutan) Historical Context: Before 1974, Bhutan's economy relied heavily on barter exchange and Indian currency circulation. The introduction o…
Pice: Fractional Currency Unit of the Indian Subcontinent
Illustrated Specimen Details: 1 Pice (Bhutan) Example Specimen: 1 pice, ND (issued in 1954) Authority: Jigme Dorji Wangchuck — the 3rd Druk Gyalpo (King) of Bhutan (reigned from 1952 to 1972). He is often called the "Fath…
Chhertum Coin: Bhutanese Fractional Currency
Illustrated Specimen Details: 25 Chhertum Example Specimen: 25 chhertum, 1979 (Kingdom of Bhutan) Design & Symbols: The coin is rich in Vajrayana Buddhist symbolism, the state religion of Bhutan. The obverse features the de…
Ngultrum: coin from Kingdom of Bhutan; 100 chhertum
NGULTRUM: COIN OF BHUTAN 1 ngultrum, 1979: Kingdom of Bhutan Ruler: Jigme Singye Wangchuck (འཇིགས་མེད་སེང་གེ་དབང་ཕྱུག) — King of Bhutan (1972-2006). ONE NGULTRUM . དངུལ་ཀྲམ འག : one ngultrum (the denomination of the coin is indicated not only in …
Ma-tam: coin from Kingdom of Bhutan; 1/2 rupee
MA-TAM: COIN OF BHUTAN Ma-tam (1/2 rupee), 1835-1910: Kingdom of Bhutan ND (no date). Symbols of Buddhism and Dzongkha letters. Letter "Sa" from Dzongkha language (the precise significance of the letter Sa is unknown, but it must have som…