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500 Ngultrum Year of the Dragon
| Issuer | Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan |
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| Year | 2024 |
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| Value | 500 Ngultrums |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed, color-enhanced depiction of a dragon rendered in traditional Bhutanese artistic style, its sinuous body embellished with elaborate swirling cloud and nature motifs symbolizing royalty and divine strength. The dragon is portrayed in dynamic form occupying the full field, with vivid polychrome color application highlighting its scales, claws, and surrounding decorative elements. The upper legend reads YEAR OF THE DRAGON, while the lower field carries the denomination Nu.500 and the fineness inscription 1 oz 999 FINE SILVER. |
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Bhutan's Royal Monetary Authority has issued dragon-themed collector coins with some regularity, but the 2024 entry aligns specifically with the Tibetan-Buddhist lunar calendar's Year of the Wood Dragon — a cycle that recurs every sixty years and carries particular significance in Bhutanese religious culture, where the dragon is not merely decorative but embedded in national identity through the Druk lineage of monarchs.