Bhutan 1970 sertum
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The first specimen was lot 504 in Sincona sale 66 (Zürich, October 2020), where it sold for 425 CHF (about US$560 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted, "BHUTAN | misc. Jigme Dorji Wangchuck 1952-1972. 1 Sertum 1970. Vorzüglich-FDC (Extremely fine-uncirculated)." The second specimen was lot 1321 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $900. The catalog description[2] noted, "BHUTAN: Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, 1952-1972, AV sertum, 1970, NGC graded MS67, S." An early NCLT for this impoverished country.
Recorded mintage: 3,111.
Specification: 7.96 g, 0.917 fine gold, the first specimen 7.99 g.
Catalog reference: KM 36. Fr-7.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Jürg Richter, Auction 66, Gold and Silver Coins and Medals, featuring the Claude Stritt Collection, Zürich: Sincona AG, 2020.
- [2]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.
Link to:
- 1966 sertum
- Bhutan 1974 10 chetrums
- 1979 sertum
- Coins and currency dated 1970
- return to coins of Bhutan