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500 Ngultrum
| Issuer | Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan |
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| Year | 2006-2020 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Obverse lettering | རྒྱལ་གཞུང་དངུལ་ཁང་འབྲུག་ཡུལ། དངུལ་གྲམ་ལྔ་བརྒྱ། |
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| Variants | P#33a - 2006 P#33b - 2011 |
| Comments |
Thomas De La Rue has printed Bhutanese currency since the Royal Monetary Authority's earliest note issues in the 1970s, making this a long-standing commercial relationship rather than a one-off contract. The 500 Ngultrum sits at the top of the standard circulation series — Bhutan never issued a 1,000 Ngultrum note during this period, which makes the 500 the highest-denomination workhorse in everyday large transactions in a country where banking infrastructure outside Thimphu and Phuentsholing remains limited.
The 2006–2020 date range reflects reprint runs rather than design changes; the series was issued across multiple years with no substantive modification to the security specification.