Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1/2 Rupee / Deb Period III
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bhutan |
|---|---|
| Year | 1885-1910 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a large, intricately interlaced knot motif — characteristic of the endless knot (one of the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Tibetan Buddhism) — rendered in bold relief on a plain field. The design is enclosed within a roughly squared border formed by raised linear divisions, creating four quadrants around the central symbol. Small pellets appear in the flanking quadrants. The flan is irregular and slightly polygonal, consistent with hammered coinage of the period. The overall style reflects the crude but symbolically rich aesthetic of Bhutanese copper coinage of the late 19th to early 20th century. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | ND (1885-1910) |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |