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| 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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| Reverse description | Central design featuring the Wheel of Dharma (dharmachakra) at the centre of the field, encircled by two sinuous dragons rendered in high relief, their bodies intertwined around the wheel in the traditional Bhutanese royal emblematic style. The composition rests upon a stylised lotus base with cloud and floral motifs filling the surrounding field. A bilingual peripheral legend in Tibetan script occupies the upper arc, while the Latin inscription ROYAL GOVERNMENT OF BHUTAN · 3 NGULTRUM · runs along the lower arc. |
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| Reverse lettering | ཆོས་སྤྱོད་རྣམ་བཅུས་འཇིག་ཧེན་མཛེས་གྱྲར་ཅིག། · ROYAL GOVERNMENT OF BHUTAN ·3 NGULTRUM · (Translation: May the ten forms of religious activity beautify the world) |
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