Bhutan 1975 10 chetrums

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was issued by Bhutan as part of the F.A.O. series. It was accompanied by a silver thirty ngultrums (KM 44). At present, the ngultrum (divided into 100 chhertum), is pegged at par with the Indian rupee (US$1 = 68.5 rupees as of April 2019). The current coinage was introduced in 1974.

Recorded mintage: 4,000,000.

Specification: 2.3 g, aluminum, 26 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 43.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• Bhutan 1974 10 chetrums
• Bhutan 1974 20 chetrums
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• 1979 10 chhertum
• 1979 25 chhertum
• 1979 50 chhertum
• 1979 ngultrum
• Bhutan 1982 sertum
• Coins and currency dated 1975
• return to coins of Bhutan