BTNxxx Bhutanese Ngultrum exchange rate Live chart (Bhutan currency, code: BTN, symbol: Nu.)

Bhutan currency : Bhutanese Ngultrum (ISO 4217 currency code: BTN, symbol: Nu.) : 1 Ngultrum (Nu.) = 100 chhertum(ཕྱེད་ཏམ). Bhutanese Ngultrum is pegged to the Indian rupee at parity, 1 INR = 1 BTN. Official currency of Kingdom of Bhutan (འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ Druk Gyal Khap), a landlocked country in the Eastern Himalayas. Until 1789, the coins of the Cooch Behar mint circulated in Bhutan. In 1974, as monetary reforms took place, the Ngultrum was officially introduced as 100 Chhetrum equal to 1 Ngultrum. The word Ngultrum derives from the Dzongkha ngul (silver) and Hindi trum (money). Central bank: Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan (བྲུག་རྒྱལ་གཞུང་དངུལ་ལས་དབང་འཛིན་) .