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<p>[QUOTE="TuckHard, post: 7917690, member: 102653"]These are definitely my smallest coins and are amongst the smallest standardized coins in the world by weight. They were minted by an unknown <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_kingdoms" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_kingdoms" rel="nofollow">Mon city-state</a> issuer in the Gulf of Martaban (present-day Myanmar/Burma) around c. 700-830 AD. They average 0.03 grams and are quite accurate; I have a group of 10 with an average of 0.029 and only a couple 0.02/0.04 outliers. They range from 6 to 8mm wide which is not unusually small, in terms of small coins, but they are absolutely paper thin and feel as if they could float on water or fly away in the wind.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1368023[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">Mon Kingdom of the Gulf of Martaban</p> <p style="text-align: center">Present-day Myanmar (Burma)</p> <p style="text-align: center">c. 700-830 AD</p> <p style="text-align: center">AR Bracteate | 0.03 grams | 7mm wide</p> <p style="text-align: center">Obv: Extremely simplified srivatsa motif in the shape of a four-petaled flower with a dimple and stem</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TuckHard, post: 7917690, member: 102653"]These are definitely my smallest coins and are amongst the smallest standardized coins in the world by weight. They were minted by an unknown [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mon_kingdoms']Mon city-state[/URL] issuer in the Gulf of Martaban (present-day Myanmar/Burma) around c. 700-830 AD. They average 0.03 grams and are quite accurate; I have a group of 10 with an average of 0.029 and only a couple 0.02/0.04 outliers. They range from 6 to 8mm wide which is not unusually small, in terms of small coins, but they are absolutely paper thin and feel as if they could float on water or fly away in the wind. [CENTER][ATTACH=full]1368023[/ATTACH] Mon Kingdom of the Gulf of Martaban Present-day Myanmar (Burma) c. 700-830 AD AR Bracteate | 0.03 grams | 7mm wide Obv: Extremely simplified srivatsa motif in the shape of a four-petaled flower with a dimple and stem[/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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