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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 2667363, member: 38849&quot;]When the square-holed &quot;cash&quot; coins were issued, it was BURMA, or some native equivalent.&nbsp; <u>Myanmar only dates from 1989</u>.&nbsp; Same theory for Ceylon, renamed Sri Lanka in 1972, although that terminology is more official, whereas Burma was renamed by the decree of a military junta.</p><p><br /></p><p>Same theory for Taiwan.&nbsp; No one in Chinese government calls the island &quot;Taiwan&quot;.&nbsp; The terminology, with a wink and a nod, means something more in the sense of &quot;renegade province&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, the U.K. still calls the country &quot;Burma&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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