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50 000 Ngultrums Snow leopard
| Issuer | Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Value | 50 000 Ngultrums |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a finely detailed high-relief depiction of a snow leopard (Panthera uncia) in a crouching, stalking posture, facing right with its long thick tail arching upward over its back. The big cat is shown stepping across rocky mountain terrain with sparse alpine vegetation rendered in the lower field. The legend ENDANGERED WILDLIFE curves along the upper rim in Latin letters, while the denomination 50000 NGULTRUM appears along the lower rim, all set against a deeply mirrored proof field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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The snow leopard (Panthera uncia) was listed as endangered by the IUCN throughout the 1990s, and Bhutan's high-altitude terrain in the Himalayas represents one of the animal's last viable habitats. This coin was issued the same year Bhutan was formalizing its environmental policies under the fourth Druk Gyalpo, a reign defined in part by constitutional commitments to maintaining forest cover above sixty percent of national territory.
At 155.50 grams of .999 gold, this is a kilo-class bullion issue in all but name — produced for collector and investor markets rather than any domestic circulation. KM#157 is among the heaviest pieces in the Royal Monetary Authority's wildlife conservation series of the mid-1990s.