Bhutan 1/2 Rupee / Deb 1790 - 1820 (ND)

N# 47926; Copper 4.63 g.; First Period; The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan called the “Dragon Kingdom”, was established as a priestly monarchy in 1652. For many years it used coins from the nearby Indian state of Cooch Behar. It started to strike its own coins about 1790, after the British East India Company closed the Cooch Behar mint.