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1/2 Rupee / Deb Period II
| Issuer | Bhutan |
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| Year | 1820-1835 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Devanagari |
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| Mintage | ND (1820-1835) |
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Bhutan's early coinage was never produced by a centralized mint in any modern sense — dies were cut by hand, often inconsistently, and struck in small batches by local craftsmen. The Deb Raja system that authorized these issues was itself a fractured institution by the early nineteenth century, with real political authority having largely migrated to the Penlops, the regional governors whose rivalries periodically destabilized the country. A coin issued under "Deb Period II" tells you less about who actually held power than the catalog entry implies.
KM#5.2 is distinguished from the closely related 5.1 by subtle die differences that remain difficult to attribute with confidence given the handmade nature of production.