BHUTAN  

Pick#....................27b
Banknote Book # 216b
Denomination ....1 Ngultrum
Date..................... 2013
Condition............UNC
Comments..........The Government crest in the center with two dragons at both right and left sides on front. Simtokha Dzong on reverse. 

Printer: Giesecke & Devrient, Germany

Simtokha Dzong ('dzong' means "castle-monastery") also known as Sangak Zabdhon Phodrang (Bhutanese language meaning: "Palace of the Profound Meaning of Secret Mantras") is a small dzong built in 1629 by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, who unified Bhutan. It is the first of its kind built in Bhutan.

2nd image is note viewed under UV (ultraviolet) light showing security inks.

Ngultrum = Pronounced as "Engultrum" means "silver" in Dzongkha a Tibetan language. See my other notes from this country. Image not exact note in lot.

Printer: Thomas de la Rue (TDLR), London, England.

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