Burma 1-PYA (KM32)¶
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Obverse CHINTHES
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Reverse Date & Denomination, I presume?
- Composition
- Bronze
- Country
- Burma
- Approx. Size
- 18mm
- Area
- Asia
- Animal Class
- Mythological
- Species
- Chinthes
- KM#
- 32
The Chinthes (referred to as the "Chinze" by most coin collectors) is all over Burma (now Myanmar), especially as the undefeatable guardians of Buddhist temples. Before 1954, there were 4 pyas to a pe, 2 pe to a mu, 2 mu to a mat, and 5 mat to a kyat. Now there are 100 pyas to a kyat. I believe this coin is dated 1955.
Burma¶
- Area
- Asia
Burma is no longer Burma. It became Myanmar in 1989. Burma became independent from Britain in 1948 with a parliamentary democracy. In 1962, things weren't going so well, so General Ne Win took over the whole place, including most of the business. Things must have gone well for the General, because in a 1974 referendum Burma officially became a socialist republic under one-party rule. Burma grows and exports a lot of rice.
