Bhutanese rupee
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The rupee was the currency of Bhutan until 1974. It was equivalent to the Indian rupee. Until 1957, it was subdivided into 64 paisa. Bhutan then followed India in decimalizing, with the rupee subdivided into 100 naya paisa. The rupee was replaced by the ngultrum at par.
Until its closure in 1789, the coins of the Cooch Behar mint circulated in Bhutan. Following this closure, Bhutan began issuing its own coins, mostly half rupees. Hammered silver coins were the only types issued until 1928, when modern style 1 paisa (copper) and ½ and 1 rupee (silver) coins were introduced. Indian coins circulated alongside Bhutan's own coins to such an extent that, following decimalization in 1957, nine years passed before Bhutan's first issue of coins denominated in naya paisa
| Rupees | |
|---|---|
| Current | Indian rupee | Indonesian rupiah | Maldivian rufiyaa | Mauritian rupee | Nepalese rupee | Pakistani rupee | Seychellois rupee | Sri Lankan rupee |
| Defunct | Afghan rupee | Bhutanese rupee | Burmese rupee | Danish Indian rupee | (British) East African rupee | French Indian rupee | German East African rupie | Gulf rupee | Hyderabad rupee | Italian Somaliland rupia | Netherlands Indian roepiah | Portuguese Indian rupia | Riau rupiah | Travancore rupee | West New Guinean rupiah | Zanzibari rupee |
| Fictional | Hyrulean rupee |
| See also | History of the rupee |
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