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Left-facing bust of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck wearing a traditional Bhutanese raven crown (Druk Gyalpo), adorned with intricate foliate ornamental detailing. The king is dressed in a patterned traditional robe. The legend 'BHUTAN' arcs along the upper right rim in Latin script, while the Dzongkha script equivalent appears along the upper left. The date '1974' is inscribed along the lower left rim. |
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| Descripción del reverso |
Central device depicting the Endless Knot (Palbeu), one of the eight auspicious symbols of Bhutan and Tibetan Buddhism, rendered in bold relief. Two intertwined serpentine dragons flank the knot on either side, their sinuous bodies coiling around the central motif in an elegant symmetrical composition. The denomination '10 CHETRUMS' is inscribed along the lower rim in Latin script, with the Dzongkha numeral and script equivalent appearing to the lower left. |
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Bhutan's 1974 coinage series was issued to coincide with the coronation of Jigme Singye Wangchuck, who ascended the throne at age seventeen following the death of his father Jigme Dorji Wangchuck in 1972. The aluminium issues of this series were a practical concession — Bhutan's mountainous, remote geography made lightweight coinage far more manageable for distribution across a country with almost no paved roads at the time.
The chetrum denominations saw limited circulation outside Bhutan's small domestic economy, and many examples survive in essentially unhandled condition simply because the coins outpaced demand.