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5 Sertums World Cup '94 Soccer
| Issuer | Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Value | 5 Sertums |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Tibetan |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features two male footballers in dynamic relief: a larger figure in the foreground heading a ball, with a second player in full stride approaching from the left, rendered in a naturalistic athletic style. The inscription WORLD CUP '94 is positioned in three lines to the right of the central figures, while the denomination 5 SERTRUM is engraved along the lower exergual line. The field is otherwise unadorned, giving prominence to the sporting scene. |
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Bhutan's World Cup issues were produced under license arrangements common to small-nation commemorative programs of the early 1990s, where the Royal Mint or a contracted private minter handled production while the issuing authority lent its name. The 1994 FIFA World Cup, hosted by the United States, generated an unusually large wave of such issues from nations with no direct sporting connection to the tournament — Bhutan among them.
The .5833 fineness places this squarely in the 14-karat range, a gold standard more associated with jewelry than bullion coinage, and one frequently used in low-mintage commemorative programs targeting collectors rather than the domestic market.