½ Rupee - Jigme Dorji

Features

Issuer	Bhutan
King	Jigme Dorji (1952-1972)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Year	27 (1955-1968)
Calendar	Chinese cyclical (cycle starting in 1924)
Value	½ Rupee
Currency	Milled coinage - Rupee (1927-1957)
Composition	Nickel
Weight	5.0850 g
Diameter	24 mm
Thickness	1.8 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 9170
References	KM# 28.1, Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes. KM# 28.2 Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes.

Obverse

Crowned Bust, Left, First Legend

Script: Tibetan

Lettering: ། ། འ བྲུ ག ་ རྒྱ ལ ་ ཁ ཉི ས ་ པ ། ། ། ། འ ཇི ག ས ་ མེ ད ་ ད བ ང ་ ཕྱུ ག །

Reverse

Coin Divided Into 9 Sections.
Symbols in 8 segments surround Bhutanese legend in the center
Symbols (More elaborate designing compared to 1 Pice coins) (Symbols from top left going clockwise):
1) Wheel of Dharma
2) Umbrella of sovereignty
3) Golden fish of good fortune
4) Conch shell
5) Lotus
6) Treasure vase
7) Endless knot (Emblem of endless birth)
8) Victory banner

Script: Tibetan

Lettering:
༆ལྕཊ་སྟག
ལོ
རྒྱ་ཊམ་ཕྱེད

Translation: Center Square Reads: IRON-TIGER-Year(1950)

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Comments

KM#28.1: Actual Weight 5.85g (201,957 struck in 1955)
KM#28.2: Actual Weight 5.08g (3,345,000 were minted in 1967 and 6,735,000 were minted in 1968)

See also

• Monarch

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