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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: 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
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).
Category: Banknotes of Myanmar. 1 language. ... File:5 Myanma kyats.jpg; File:1000 Kyat .jpg This page was last edited on 22 September 2019, at 01:17 (UTC ...
The first fourteen years of independent Burma (Myanmar) were marred by several communist and ethnic insurgencies. Prominent insurgent groups during this period include the Communist Party of Burma (CPB, "white flags") led by Thakin Than Tun, the Communist Party (Burma) ("red flags") led by Thakin Soe, the People's Volunteer Organisation (Yèbaw Hpyu) led by Bo La Yaung (a member of the Thirty ...
Examples of metrication in Myanmar include weather forecasts by the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology being given with temperatures in Celsius. [8] Petrol in Myanmar is sold with prices in Burmese kyat per litre (K/L). [9] [10] Speed limits in Myanmar are given by law in kilometres per hour (km/h). [11] [12]