Bhutan 1/2 Rupee 1950? [solved]

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Hello, I bought this coin from a seller who wrote this coin is from 1950. But there is no 1950 variant of this coin on numista so was he wrong or has this to be added?

Quote: "alfonz"​Hello, I bought this coin from a seller who wrote this coin is from 1950. But there is no 1950 variant of this coin on numista so was he wrong or has this to be added?

​Sellers' information can be wrong.
Please compare here:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/bhoutan-1.html#devise473
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According to Krause (and to Numista), the wording on the coin translates the date as "Iron-Tiger-Year (1950)", but the coins were actually minted in 1955 (KM 28.1) or 1967-68 (KM 28.2).

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces9170.html

The seller was probably not trying to be misleading; they may have had simply not gotten into "actually minted in" dates.

Krause has photos of the Dzongkha characters for the 1928 and 1950 dates; the difference between KM 28.1 and KM 28.2 is the weight (5.8 grams vs 5.0 grams).
Its 5,0g so its the 1967-68 Version. Thank you for the help!

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