1 Ngultrum, Bhutan, 1981–1985 (Pick 5)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1981-1985
Issuing entity
BhutanThis 1 Ngultrum note was issued in Bhutan, with dates recorded from 1981–1985. It belongs to the Ngultrum (1974-date) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: Jigme Singye (1972-2006). It measures 155 × 67 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money lists the type as Pick 5.
Obverse: Royal emblem between facing dragons at center, serial number at upper left and right. Scripts: Latin and Tibetan. Its lettering reads “དཔལ་ལྔན་འབྲུག་གཞུང་། / BANK OF BHUTAN / ༡ འཆང་མཁན་ལ་ངོས་ཀྱིས་དངུལ་ཀྲམ་གཅིག་སྤྲོད་རྒྱུའི་ཁས་བླངས་ཡོད། 1”. Translation given in the catalogue: “Royal Government of Bhutan, I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of total one ngultrum”. Reverse: Simtokha Dzong palace. Scripts: Latin and Tibetan. Its lettering reads “ROYAL / GOVERNMENT OF BHUTAN / ༡ ONE NGULTRUM དངུལ་ཀྲམ་གཅིག། 1”. Translation given in the catalogue: “One Ngultrum”.
The note was printed by De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date). Demonetized: Yes. Identification note: match the value, issuing bank, printed date and Pick number together; dates and signature combinations distinguish sub-varieties, which are not separated in this entry. Details follow the Numista catalogue entry and the Standard Catalog reference it cites; they have not been checked against a central-bank archive.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 2
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 2
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Historical context
Dzong' means "castle-monastery. Simtokha Dzong also known as Sangak Zabdhon Phodrang (Bhutanese language meaning: "Palace of the Profound Meaning of Secret Mantras") is a small dzong. It was built in 1629 by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, who unified Bhutan was also called the Bearded Lama and unified various warring fiefdoms. This note doesn't have a security thread
Physical characteristics
- Size
- 155 × 67 mm
- Shape
- Rectangular
- Material
- Paper
Technical characteristics
- Printer
- De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)
- Currency
- Ngultrum (1974-date)
- Demonetized
- Yes
Design
- Obverse
- Royal emblem between facing dragons at center, serial number at upper left and right. Scripts: Latin and Tibetan
- Reverse
- Simtokha Dzong palace. Scripts: Latin and Tibetan
- Obverse lettering
- དཔལ་ལྔན་འབྲུག་གཞུང་། / BANK OF BHUTAN / ༡ འཆང་མཁན་ལ་ངོས་ཀྱིས་དངུལ་ཀྲམ་གཅིག་སྤྲོད་རྒྱུའི་ཁས་བླངས་ཡོད། 1
- Reverse lettering
- ROYAL / GOVERNMENT OF BHUTAN / ༡ ONE NGULTRUM དངུལ་ཀྲམ་གཅིག། 1
Identification
- Value
- 1 Ngultrum
- Dates recorded
- 1981-1985
- Distinguishing features
- Printed date and signature combination separate sub-varieties
- Catalogue number to match
- Pick 5
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
- Research required
- Mint or printer
- Recorded
- Mint or printer mark
- Research required
- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (Pick)P5
- NumistaN# 210872
Research required
- Confirm date and signature varieties against the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money.