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3 Ngultrums - Jigme Singye Silver
| Issuer | Royal Government of Bhutan |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#50a |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Tibetan |
| Reverse lettering | ROYAL GOVERNMENT OF BHUTAN · 3 NGULTRUM · |
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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.