Bhutanese coinage of this period was produced entirely by hand, using locally cast dies with no standardized striking apparatus. The result is that no two examples are quite alike in shape, centering, or die alignment — a characteristic that confounds graders accustomed to machine-struck coinage. The "Deb" in the designation refers to the Druk Desi, the secular ruler of Bhutan, whose authority over coinage ran parallel to that of the theocratic Je Khenpo throughout this era.
The seventy-five year span assigned to this type reflects the near-impossibility of dating individual strikes with precision.
Bhutanese coinage of this period was produced entirely by hand, using locally cast dies with no standardized striking apparatus. The result is that no two examples are quite alike in shape, centering, or die alignment — a characteristic that confounds graders accustomed to machine-struck coinage. The "Deb" in the designation refers to the Druk Desi, the secular ruler of Bhutan, whose authority over coinage ran parallel to that of the theocratic Je Khenpo throughout this era.
The seventy-five year span assigned to this type reflects the near-impossibility of dating individual strikes with precision.