Catalog
3 Ngultrums - Jigme Singye Silver
| Issuer | Royal Government of Bhutan |
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| Year | 1979 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing effigy of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck wearing the traditional Bhutanese raven crown (Druk Gyalpo crown), adorned with an ornate bird finial and intricate decorative banding. A Dzongkha legend in Tibetan script curves around the upper periphery of the field, with additional script characters flanking the portrait at left and right. The date 1979 appears in Western numerals below the effigy along the lower rim, flanked by two small dots. |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Tibetan |
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Bhutan's 1979 silver issues were produced as part of a broader commemorative program timed loosely around the coronation period of Jigme Singye Wangchuck, who took the throne in 1974 at age seventeen — the youngest reigning monarch in the world at the time. The Royal Government contracted the Franklin Mint for production of several denominations in this series, a common arrangement for smaller nations seeking internationally marketable collector pieces during the 1970s.
The base-metal KM#50 was the circulating issue; this .925 silver piece exists purely for the collector market and saw no domestic circulation.