BHUTAN

(ngultrum = 100 chetrum)

61-BTN
Text Box: Bhutan's currency, the ngultrum, is pegged to the Indian Rupee. The rupee is also accepted as legal tender in the country. In a response to accusations in 1987 by a journalist from UK's Financial Times that the pace of development in Bhutan was slow, the King said that "Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross National Product." Bhutan is one of the most isolated nations in the world. Foreign influences and tourism are heavily regulated by the government to preserve its traditional Tibetan Buddhist culture. Text Box: Import / Export restrictions: Foreign currency: In: free Out: free Local currency: In: free Out: free

Last 120 days

NOTES in circulation (1986+)
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OLDER, REDEEMABLE NOTES AND COINS

COINS in circulation (1974+)

BTN 100 (2011) commemorative

BTN 100 (2006)

BTN 100 (2000)(160*70mm)

BTN 100 (1994)(160*70mm)

BTN 100 (1984-86)(160*70mm)
Oval: to the rates

BTN 1 000 (2008+)

BTN 500 (2006)

BTN 500 (2001)(160*70mm)

BTN 500 (1994)(160*70mm)

BTN 100 (2018) commemorative

 

NOTES and COINS we buy

buy / sell

% fixing

Valid till:

Notes 

BTN (Nu) 1 000, 500, 100, 50, 20, 10, 5 (1986+)(Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan)

xx / xx %

in circulation

older 100, 50, 20, 10, 5, 2, 1 (1974-81)(Royal Government of Bhutan)

xx / xx %

redeemable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coins

ngultrum (Nu) 1; chetrums (Ch) 50, 25, 20, 10, 5 (1974+)

xx / xx %

in circulation

older coins

xx / xx %

redeemable

Area

(sq km)

Population (2005)

Language/Ethnicity

Ethnicity / Religion

Life duration

GDP per capita

(world position)

47 001

2 279 723

Dzongkha (official)

Lamaistic Buddhist 75 %

male 54.65

 

Thimphu 60 200

Tibetan dialects

Indian-Nepalese Hinduism 25 %

female 54.11

2005 : 1 400 (197)

 

Nepalese dialects

 

 

 

Nu 1 (1979)

Ch 50 (1979)

Ch 25 (1979)(aluminium-bronze)

Ch 25 (1979)

Ch 20 (1974)

Ch 10 (1979)

Ch 5 (1979)

BTN 20 (2006)

BTN 20 (2000)(152*70mm)

BTN 20 (1986-92)(155*70mm)

BTN 10 (2006)

BTN 10 (2000)(140*70mm)

BTN 10 (1986-92)(140*70mm)

BTN 5 (2006)

BTN 5 (1985)(130*62mm)

BTN 2 (1986)

BTN 1  (2006)

BTN 1  (1986)

BTN 50 (2006)

BTN 50 (2000)(155*70mm)

BTN 50 (1994)(155*70mm)

BTN 50 (1986-92)(155*70mm)