Republic of the Union of Myanmar is a big Asian country. It has an area 678 500 sq.km. and population more than 55000000. Naypyidaw is the capital of Myanmar. During the first half of the XIXth century Myanmar (or Burma) was the British colony. Dyring the WW II Burma was occupied by Japan and at 1942-1945 it was the Japanese protectorate. After the WW II Burma became the British colony again. But soon the people of Burma got an independence - at January 4 1948 Burma became an independent republic.
Monetary system of Myanmar (Burma) until the 1952 was rather uncomfortable: 4 pyas = 1 pe 2 pe = 1 mu 2 mu = 1 mat 5 mat = 1 kyat. But since the 1952 the monetary system is comfortable: 100 pyas = 1 kyat.
1 pya 1966, aluminium, weight - 0,6 g., size - 17 mm, mintage - 8000000 pcs. The single release only. The obverse: portrait of the general Aung San (national hero of the people of Myanmar and the leader of the Independence Movement).
5 pyas 1966, aluminium, weight - 0,9 g., size - 18,4 mm, thickness - 1,4 mm, mintage - unknown. The single release only.
10 pyas 1966, aluminium, weight - 1 g., size - 22,38 mm, thickness - 1,21 mm, mintage - unknown. The single release only.
50 pyas 1966, aluminium, weight - 2 g., size - 25 mm, thickness - 1,8 mm, mintage - unknown. The single release only.
Those are good aluminum coins. Aluminum coins are obviously quite soft & tend to get destroyed quickly when they hit circulation.
Me too, but I've heard they get counterfeited often. I don't want a fake, and I don't want to pay hundreds for a certified coin. Guess I'll just admire it from a distance.
Indeed. Didnt know about the counterfeiting. I just liked it cause it fits with juno/Peacock and rome.
Same here. I don't know enough to spot a fake so I'll probably never get one. I'm pretty proud of my Myanmar collection. I'll share some of them when I get home tonight.
Hidden dragon: those first few pics of the cu-ni coins are beautiful. I have some of the same coins but they are dirty and circulated. They look nothing like the ones you have! Nicely done
Thanks. I was really lucky in how I obtained most of my Myanmar coins. I bought for a few dollars a collection on eBay of maybe 70 Asian coins that someone inherited from his father, who was a traveler. None of them were identified and I think I was the only bidder. A bunch of these old Myanmar coins were included. They have a low book value but you don't see them for sale often, and the few duplicates I had that I sold online went for way more than I expected.
