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Bhutanese ngultrum

Bhutanese ngultrum: a currency still in use.

Dates in use
Still in use; introduction date not established here
Currency code
BTN
Ancestry branch
Indian rupee

Its place in the family

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Bhutanese ngultrum: documented and qualified family connections PREDECESSORS THIS CURRENCY SUCCESSORS Indian rupeeIndian rupee 1974 · DocumentedDocumented connection · 1974 Bhutanese ngultrumBhutanese ngultrum BTN No successor is established here.

The story

Bhutan's Ministry of Finance first issued banknotes during the 1974 monetary reform, standardising the unit at 100 chhetrum per ngultrum. [1]

Sources and evidence

  1. Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan · History of Currency C540 ↗

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“Bhutanese ngultrum.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000288.html

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