འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་
(Kingdom of Bhutan)
འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་གཞུང་དངུལ་ལས་དབང་འཛིན་
འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་གཞུང་དངུལ་ལས་དབང་འཛིན་
(Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan)
Currency - Ngultrum (BTN)
These are prints of the Series 2006 of 100 and 500 ngultrum, since it was first introduced. For the 100 ngultrum, this is the fourth issue (2006, 2011, 2015 and 2020) and for the 500 ngultrum, this is third prints (2006, 2011 and 2020). Only two denominations were issued for the Series 2020 prints.
One Hundred Ngultrum
Front - The portrait of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck who was born on 11 November 1955. He was the king of Bhutan from 1972 to 2006 when he abdicated in favour of his eldest son from his third wife. He is married with four wives and with 10 children.
Governor - Dasho Penjore
Date - Series 2020
Watermark - King Jigme Singye Wangchuck
Sizes - 146mm x 70mm
Back - An image of the Tashichho Dzong situated at the northern edge of Thimphu. The Tashichho Dzong is a Buddhist monastery and is also traditionally the office of Bhutan's civil government.
Five Hundred Ngultrum
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| 2020, King Ugyen Wangchuk |
Front - Protriat of King Ugyen Wangchuk who was born in 1862 and died in 1926, aged 64. He became the King of Bhutan in 1907 when he was 45 years old and ruled the Kingdom until his death. He died at Thinley Rabten palace in Phodrang.
Governor - Dasho Penjore
Date - Series 2020
Dimensions - 154mm x 70mm
Back - The Punakha Dzong palace literally means The Palace of Great Happiness. This palace was built in 1638 and is the second oldest and largest palace in the Kingdom of Bhutan. The palace is located on the Pho Chhu and the Mo Chhu river on the western side of the country. The current King and Queen were married in this palace in 2011.
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| Punakha Dzong Palace |
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