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1 Sertum – Bhutan

Non-circulating coins

Bhutan

Context

Year: 1970

Issuer: Bhutan

Ruler: Jigme Dorji

Currency:

Rupee

(1957—1974)

Demonetized: Yes

Total mintage: 3,111

Material

Diameter: 22.5 mm

Weight: 7.98 g

Gold weight: 7.32 g

Shape: Round

Composition: 91.7% Gold

Magnetic: No

Technique: Milled

Alignment: Medal alignment

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References

KM: #36

Numista: #25037

Value

Bullion value: $1220.78

Obverse

Description:

Bust right, date beneath.

Inscription:

BHUTAN SERTUM

1970

J.H.WASER

Translation:

BHUTAN TREASURE

1970

J.H.WASER

Languages: English, Latin

Engraver: J.H. Waser

Reverse

Description:

Buddhist abundance vessel (Bumpa).

Inscription:

རབ་བྱུང་བཅུ་དྲུག་ས་བྱ་ལོ། དཔལ་ལྡན་འབྲུག་གཞུང་གསེར་ཊཾ་ཕྱེད།།

Translation:

Sixteenth Rabjung, Earth Bird Year. Half Sertam of the Glorious Drukpa Government.

Language: Tibetan

Engraver: J.H. Wasser

Edge

Reeded

Mints

Name	Mark
Bern	—

Mintings

Year	Mint Mark	Mintage	Quality	Collection
1970	—	3,111

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