300 Ngultrum Art and Culture

Bhutan's Royal Monetary Authority issued a series of small-format gold pieces through the 1990s primarily for the collector export market, with distribution handled largely through international numismatic agencies rather than domestic channels. KM#102 is part of that program.

The .999 fineness places it outside Bhutan's domestic coinage tradition, which had no meaningful gold currency history prior to the modern commemorative era.