The Royal Government of Bhutan struck Thala coins for the first time in 1928. Some 20,000 of them were struck. The design of the coin was done by the Englishman Mr. A. P. Spencer of the Calcutta Mint, India. It is said that this design was his finest work. The following is one of the pieces. Unfortunately, as you can see, the word “DRUK” was wrongly rendered.
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The mistake was detected and corrected in 1929 when 30,000 of the coins were struck. The following is the corrected version.
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I have been trying to locate the above corrected version but cannot find them. They seem to have disappeared from the face of the earth. I fear that whole lot of them have been melted down and turned into Chakar or Trimi or Koma or Koma Jabtha. If you posses any, please let me know so that I can take a photo of it.
Hello... my mother does have a few of these coins la. We have some pictures of it, if you could provide me your email ID, i could send you pictures la.
ReplyDeleteI have a coin like that too la
DeleteHi Anon,
DeleteThanks for the comment.... please look carefully .... the metal may be different. The two depicted above are in silver - issued in 1929 and 1930.
There are many similar coins available in the market --- they were issued in 1950 and 1954 ..... the metal used is nickel ..... NOT silver.
Hi There,
ReplyDeleteThanks ..... my email is: yesheydorji@gmail.com
Please send me a close-up photo of the coin you have.
Today I saw this coin at my grandmas Wallet...... That Druk was wrongly rendered
ReplyDeleteI found this same coin while I'm in Mumbai.
ReplyDeleteI this available
ReplyDeleteI hv one too
ReplyDeleteYes i have
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