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English: Myanmar (Burma) 1 Kyat (Rupee) 1214 (1853 AD) popular Silver Coin D. = 31 mm. 11.59 g Ag 0.9170 King Mindon Min, 1214-1240 (1853 to 1878) Peacock with full display / Denomination and date within wreath. KM 10 Condition: About EXTREMELY FINE
The dies were made in Paris. Silver coins were minted in denominations of 1 pe, 1 mu (2 pe), 1 mat (4 pe), 5 mu (8 pe) and 1 kyat, with gold 1 pe and 1 mu. The obverses bore the Royal Peacock Seal, from which the coins got their name. The reverse contained the denomination and mint date (in the Burmese era, which starts from AD 638).
English: Coin 1 kyat, Burma, 1853, Mindon Min. Sterling silver 917, weight 11.18 g, diameter 30.9 mm, thickness 1.6 mm. On the obverse there is a peacock - the coat of arms of Burma and the inscription in Burmese meaning - "Royal coinage", on the reverse - "Royal residence Mandalay", the date according to the Buddhist calendar - "1214" and the denomination - "Use as 1 kyat".
In 1942, the Japanese issued notes for 1, 5 and 10 cents and 1 ⁄ 4, 1 ⁄ 2, 1, 5, 10 and 100 rupees. These were replaced in 1944 by notes issued in 1, 5, 10, and 100 kyats, also known as the short lived Second Burmese kyat. In 1945, the Military Administration issued overprinted Indian notes for 1, 5, 10 and 100 rupees to replace the ...
A gold shop in Thailand. The necklace chains are denoted by their weight in baht.. The tical is a unit of mass (or weight in the colloquial sense) historically used in Mainland Southeast Asia, particularly in the predecessor states of Myanmar, where it is known as the kyat (kyattha), and of Cambodia and Thailand, where it is known as the baht (bat).
Mindon was born Maung Lwin [4] in 1808, [1] a son of Tharrawaddy Min and Chandra Mata Mahay, Queen of the south Royal Chamber. He studied at the Maha Zawtika monastic college in Amarapura until the age of 23, and he held deep respect for religion and religious scholarship throughout his entire life.
Hudson, Bob (March 2005), "A Pyu Homeland in the Samon Valley: a new theory of the origins of Myanmar's early urban system" (PDF), Myanmar Historical Commission Golden Jubilee International Conference, archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2013; Kipgen, Nehginpao. Myanmar: A political history (Oxford University Press, 2016) online.
Surviving records provide a glimpse of the kingdom's economic life. A pe (ပယ်, 0.71 hectare) of fertile land near Pagan cost 20 silver kyats but only 1 to 10 kyats away from the capital. Construction of a large temple in the reign of Sithu II cost 44,027 kyats while a large "Indian style" monastery cost 30,600 kyats. [78]