fwo_967634 - KINGDOM OF BURMA - MINDON MIN 1 Kyat CS1214 (1853) Mandalay
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Type : 1 Kyat CS1214
Date: (1853)
Mint name / Town : Mandalay
Quantity minted : -
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,56 g.
Edge : cannelée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN BIRMAN).
Obverse description : Paon.
Reverse
Reverse legend : (LÉGENDE EN BIRMAN).
Reverse description : Dans le champ, couronne de laurier.
Commentary
En 1853, le roi Mindon Min crée le Kyatt (et ses divisionnaire) équivalent de la Ruppe indienne, première monnaie en argent birmane frappée sur une presse mécanique.
Historical background
KINGDOM OF BURMA - MINDON MIN
(1853-1878)
Mindon Min (1808-1878) was the tenth and penultimate king of Burma. In 1853, he overthrew his brother Pagan Min following the loss of Lower Burma to the British in 1852. Faced with the territorial ambitions of the United Kingdom, Mindon Min embarked on a modernization of the country in order to keep Upper Burma . He introduced the Kyatt, the first Burmese silver coin minted on a mechanical press. On his death in 1878, Thibaw Min succeeded him but had to abdicate following the 1885 invasion which ended in the annexation of Burma.
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