Burma 1975 kyat
Myanmar, originally Burma, began striking coins in the 1800's, under the northern kings of Mindon and Thibaw. At the time, the British were pushing east from India, eventually taking over the region. Burma saw Japanese occupation during World War II, after which the British granted it independence. In 1962 a military junta took over and eventually reformed the country as a socialist enterprise, renamed Myanmar. Since then the country has only slowly emerged from extreme isolation.
This one kyat is an F.A.O. issue. Burma also issued five, ten, twenty-five and fifty pyas coins for the F.A.O. tho not all in 1975. In 1999, the country was renamed Myanmar.
Recorded mintage: 20,000,000.
Specification: 7.2 g, copper-nickel, 26.45 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 27.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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