འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་
(Kingdom of Bhutan)
འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་གཞུང་དངུལ་ལས་དབང་འཛིན་
འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་གཞུང་དངུལ་ལས་དབང་འཛིན་
(Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan)
Currency - Ngultrum (BTN)
This is the third print of the 2006 series of one ngultrum. In 2013, the reprint (Series 2013) for this one ngultrum was reported to be a Hybrid note. I am not sure if this 2019 print is also a Hybrid note, but for now, I will list this as it is until otherwise. Bhutan has a rather small population of just under 800,000 people, and therefore it is hard to tell if this Hybrid note really prolong the life cycle of the banknote as compared to those cotton based paper banknotes.
One Ngultrum
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| Series 2019, two dragons facing each other |
The
front of the note features two dragons facing each other. By the look
at the designs of these two dragons, these are Imperial/Royal dragons as
it has five claws on each leg and not three. This is expected, as Bhutan
has a King and the country has been governed under a constitutional monarchy
system since 2008.
On
the back is the Simtokha Dzong Palace which was built in 1629 by
Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal. Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal was a Tibetan
Buddhist lama, who unified Bhutan in 1634, after the battle of Five
Lamas. Today, this building is used as a language learning institution.
On the top corners of the note, it has two mythical creatures with wings
and hands looking at each other.
Ever wonder what is the meaning of Ngultrum? It means Silver in Bhutanese.
Signature - Dasho Penjore (Chairman)
Dimensions - 120.5mm x 60.5mm
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| Simtokho Dzong Palace |
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