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1/2 Rupee - Jigme Dorji
| Issuer | Royal Government of Bhutan |
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| Year | 1955-1968 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing draped bust of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, second Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) of Bhutan, wearing a traditional ornate Bhutanese ceremonial hat adorned with scrollwork and surmounted by a bird finial, and a richly decorated robe with scrolled embroidery at the collar and shoulders. A circular Tibetan legend surrounds the effigy, reading in two arcs across the upper and lower fields of the coin. |
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| Obverse lettering | ། ། འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་ཉིས་པ། །། །འཇིགས་མེད་དབང་ཕྱུག། |
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Bhutan's mid-century coinage program was notably sporadic, and this issue spans a reign that saw the country's first tentative engagement with modern infrastructure and Indian monetary influence. Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, the fourth Druk Gyalpo, oversaw Bhutan's admission to the Colombo Plan in 1962 and the construction of its first motor road — but the kingdom had no central bank and no formal monetary policy during this entire issue span. Indian currency circulated freely alongside these coins.
The KM#28.1 and KM#28.2 variants are distinguished by minor die differences in the lettering.