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3 Ngultrum - Jigme Singye
| Issuer | Royal Government of Bhutan |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Value | 3 Ngultrums |
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| Obverse script | Latin, Tibetan |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Bhutan's 1979 coinage program was part of a broader modernization effort under Jigme Singye Wangchuck, who had ascended to the throne in 1972 at age sixteen following his father's sudden death. The 3 Ngultrum denomination is an unusual choice — threefold units rarely appear in decimal systems — reflecting Bhutan's hybrid monetary conventions of that transitional decade, when the country was simultaneously maintaining traditional denominations and adapting to international currency norms.
KM#50 was struck in limited quantities and saw little meaningful circulation in a country where barter remained prevalent in rural areas well into the 1980s.