Burma 1952 kyat
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This specimen was lot 1350 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it sold for $1,440. The catalog description[1] noted, "BURMA: kyat, 1952, NGC graded PF64 CAM, RR." This kyat was minted for Burma 1952-53, 1955, 1962 and 1965. The years 1956 and 1962 were struck only in proof and are rare; the other dates are very common in all grades. It was part of the first issue of decimal coinage for the country; 100 pyas = one kyat (in Indian equivalents, 100 paisa = one rupee). The country was renamed Myanmar in 1989.
Recorded mintage: 2,500,000 + 100 proofs.
Specification: 11.65 g, copper-nickel, 30.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-37.
- 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 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.
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