<br><b>Face value</b>: 1/2 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupee" class="extiw" title="w:Rupee">Rupee</a>.<br><p><b>Country</b>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan" class="extiw" title="w:Bhutan">Bhutan</a>.<br><b>Year of minting</b>: 1955.<br><b>Metal</b>:  Nickel.<br><b>Shape</b>: Round.<br><b>Obverse</b>: Crowned Bust of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigme_Dorji_Wangchuck" class="extiw" title="w:Jigme Dorji Wangchuck">Jigme Dorji</a> (3rd <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druk_Gyalpo" class="extiw" title="w:Druk Gyalpo">Druk Gyalpo</a> of Bhutan) sorrounded by lettering "། ། འ བྲུ ག ་ རྒྱ ལ ་ ཁ ཉི ས ་ པ ། ། ། ། འ ཇི ག ས ་ མེ ད ་ ད བ ང ་ ཕྱུ ག །".<br>
"<b>Reverse</b>: Coin divided into 9 parts with center square reading ""༆ལྕཊ་སྟག ལོ རྒྱ་ཊམ་ཕྱེད"" (IRON-TIGER (1950)<br>Symbols from top left (clockwise) read<br>
1) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharmachakra" class="extiw" title="w:Dharmachakra">Dharmachakra</a>
2) Umbrella of sovereignty
3) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_putitora" class="extiw" title="w:Tor putitora">Golden fish of fortune</a>
4) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conch" class="extiw" title="w:Conch">Conch shell</a>
5) Lotus
6) Treasure vase
7) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endless_knot" class="extiw" title="w:Endless knot">Endless knot</a>
8) Victory banner.<br><b>Edge</b>: Reeded.<br><b>Weight</b>: 5.0850 g.<br><b>Diameter</b>: 24 mm.<br><b>Thickness</b>: 1.8 mm.<br><b>Orientation</b>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin_orientation" class="extiw" title="w:Coin orientation">Medal alignment ↑↑</a>.<br><b>Total mintage</b>: 1202000.<br><b>Engraver</b>: Not known.<br><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Catalog_of_World_Coins" class="extiw" title="w:Standard Catalog of World Coins">Catalog #</a></b>: KM# 28.1 &amp; 28.2, Schön# n/a.<br><b>Monetary status</b>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonetized" class="extiw" title="w:Demonetized">Demonetized</a>.<br><b>Comments</b>: Minted from 1955, 1967 &amp; 1968..<br><b>Data source</b>: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces9170.html">This webpage</a>.<br></p>
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