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5 Sertums - Jigme Dorji Ascension
| Issuer | Royal Government of Bhutan |
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| Year | 1966 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Tibetan |
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| Reverse description | Central device comprising a double vajra (vishvavajra) within a circular border, rendered in fine relief against a mirror-polished field. The intersecting thunderbolt symbol, a sacred emblem of Vajrayana Buddhism, is depicted with flame motifs and a central floral hub. A Tibetan legend arcs across the upper portion of the coin, flanked by decorative scrollwork at left and right. The date 19·66 is positioned at the mid-field sides, while the Latin legend BHUTAN · 5 SERTUMS curves along the lower periphery. |
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Bhutan's 1966 platinum coinage was issued to commemorate the accession of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, who had actually taken the throne in 1952 — making this a delayed commemorative struck some fourteen years into his reign. The series was produced by the Indian Security Press at Nasik, part of a broader modernization of Bhutanese coinage infrastructure that India quietly facilitated during a period of close political alignment between the two countries.
The .950 platinum specification places this among an exceptionally small category of twentieth-century issues struck in that metal. KM#35a distinguishes the platinum version from gold and silver counterparts in the same commemorative program.