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Wednesday, 2 January 2013

BHUTAN





Bhutan is a landlocked Himalayan country bordered by India Sikkim and Tibet. its capital city is Thimphu. In 2008 Bhutan made the transition from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy.
the Bhutanese language is called Dzongkha, which is one of the Tibetan family of languages and uses the Tibetan script.
The two notes here are :

5 Ngultrum from 2011, the front having  the royal emblem with 2 birds flanking it and the reverse is the Taktsang Palphug Buddhist monastery (tiger's nest monastery) and

1 Ngultrum note from 2006, the front having two dragons around the wheel of life , the reverse has the Simtokha Dzong Palace

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