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English:
Face value: 1/2 Rupee.

Country: Bhutan.
Year of minting: 1955.
Metal: Nickel.
Shape: Round.
Obverse: Crowned Bust of Jigme Dorji (3rd Druk Gyalpo 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 །".
"Reverse: Coin divided into 9 parts with center square reading ""༆ལྕཊ་སྟག ལོ རྒྱ་ཊམ་ཕྱེད"" (IRON-TIGER (1950)
Symbols from top left (clockwise) read
1) Dharmachakra 2) Umbrella of sovereignty 3) Golden fish of fortune 4) Conch shell 5) Lotus 6) Treasure vase 7) Endless knot 8) Victory banner.
Edge: Reeded.
Weight: 5.0850 g.
Diameter: 24 mm.
Thickness: 1.8 mm.
Orientation: Medal alignment ↑↑.
Total mintage: 1202000.
Engraver: Not known.
Catalog #: KM# 28.1 & 28.2, Schön# n/a.
Monetary status: Demonetized.
Comments: Minted from 1955, 1967 & 1968..
Data source: This webpage.

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