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1000 Ngultrums Thousand arm Buddha
| Issuer | Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Currency | Ngultrum (1974-date) |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Chinese/Tibetan |
| Reverse lettering | THOUSAND-HAND BODHISATTVA, CHINA 千手观音 1/4 OZ 999.9 FINE GOLD WORLD BUDDHA HERITAGE ~ 2013 |
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Bhutan's Royal Monetary Authority has issued commemorative gold pieces tied to Buddhist iconography since the 1970s, but the 1000 Ngultrum denomination sits at the upper register of their collector program — pieces intended primarily for export markets rather than domestic devotional use. The .9999 fineness places this outside the older sovereign-standard tradition and squarely in the modern bullion-collector hybrid format that gained traction through the 2000s.
The Thousand-Armed Chenrezig — Avalokiteśvara in the Mahayana tradition — holds particular significance in Bhutan, where the deity is considered the patron bodhisattva of the Himalayan Buddhist world.