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<p>[QUOTE="Hiddendragon, post: 8145382, member: 25270"]So I'm a copy editor with an English degree and spelling and languages are kind of my thing. Recently I purchased a bunch of those "coin sets of all nations" for pretty cheap and I was breaking them out to upgrade my collection, as they were mostly uncirculated. Anyway, when I got to Bhutan I noticed strange inconsistencies with the naming. It goes 5 chetrums, 10 chetrums in 1975, then 10 chhertum in 1979, 20 and 25 chetrums, but then 25 chhertum in 1979, and 50 chhertum in 1979. I've never seen a language that does something like this. Two h's in a row, and why did they change the "r" from one side of the "t" to the other? And in case you think it's a Krause misprint, it's actually on the coins. Here are a few I have pictures of. [ATTACH=full]1420385[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1420386[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1420387[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hiddendragon, post: 8145382, member: 25270"]So I'm a copy editor with an English degree and spelling and languages are kind of my thing. Recently I purchased a bunch of those "coin sets of all nations" for pretty cheap and I was breaking them out to upgrade my collection, as they were mostly uncirculated. Anyway, when I got to Bhutan I noticed strange inconsistencies with the naming. It goes 5 chetrums, 10 chetrums in 1975, then 10 chhertum in 1979, 20 and 25 chetrums, but then 25 chhertum in 1979, and 50 chhertum in 1979. I've never seen a language that does something like this. Two h's in a row, and why did they change the "r" from one side of the "t" to the other? And in case you think it's a Krause misprint, it's actually on the coins. Here are a few I have pictures of. [ATTACH=full]1420385[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1420386[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1420387[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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