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3000 Ngultrums Taj Mahal
| Issuer | Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan |
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| Year | 2002 |
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| Currency | Ngultrum (1974-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features the royal emblem of Bhutan rendered in high relief at the centre of the field: two rampant dragons facing inward flank a central vajra (double thunderbolt) surmounted by a lotus blossom, the whole composition encircled by clouds and additional lotus motifs. Eight small asterisk-like ornaments are evenly spaced around the inner border. The Dzongkha legend appears along the upper rim, with the Latin inscription KINGDOM OF BHUTAN occupying the lower border, both set against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
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| Obverse lettering | འབྲུག་ཡུལ་ KINGDOM OF BHUTAN |
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Bhutan's Royal Monetary Authority has issued commemorative gold pieces tied to neighboring countries' heritage on several occasions, and this Taj Mahal issue reflects the broader South Asian numismatic commemorative market of the early 2000s — coins produced primarily for export sale rather than domestic circulation. Bhutan itself had no monetary relationship to the monument being commemorated; the issue was essentially a bullion-adjacent collectible dressed in ngultrum denomination.
The ngultrum is pegged at parity to the Indian rupee, a monetary arrangement formalized in 1974.