Burma (1965) pya

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Steve Album sale 30, lot 767
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This specimen was lot 767 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it sold for $558.13. The catalog description[1] noted, "BURMA: 1 pya, CS1327 (1965), PCGS Specimen pop-1/0, total 2, finest grade by PCGS (the other is SP63 - there are none RD or BN of any grade), PCGS graded Specimen 64 RB, RR, ex King's Norton Mint Collection." This type was struck 1952-56, 1962 and 1965. The circulation strikes are common while the proofs or specimens are rare.

Recorded mintage: 15,000,000.

Specification: 2.2 g, bronze, 18 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-32.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 30, featuring the George Anderson Collection of Tibetan Coins, the Dr. John W. Lund Collection of Swedish Coins and the Mike Edwards Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.

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