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100 Ngultrum
| Issuer | Royal Government of Bhutan |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Value | 100 Ngultrums |
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| Reverse description | A detailed intaglio vignette of Tashichho Dzong, the principal fortress-monastery of Thimphu, occupies the centre of the note against a mountainous landscape background rendered in offset. Dragon vignettes frame the upper corners within a guilloche border, and the denomination inscription appears below the central vignette alongside Dzongkha script. "ROYAL GOVERNMENT OF BHUTAN" is lettered across the upper portion of the design. |
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| Protection description | Royal emblem (thunder dragon) watermark visible when held to light |
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Bhutan's first formal banknote series was introduced in 1974, replacing the traditional practice of barter and silver-coin exchange in a country that had largely operated without paper currency into the latter half of the twentieth century. The Royal Monetary Authority, established in 1982, did not yet exist when this note was issued — it was released under the Royal Government directly, making P#11 part of a transitional moment before Bhutan had a fully institutionalized central bank.
Thomas De La Rue handled the early Bhutanese series at a time when the kingdom was just beginning to integrate with international financial systems, having joined the IMF in 1981, the same year this note was printed.