Burma CS 1214 mu KM-14

Stephen Album sale 37, lot 1652

This specimen was lot 1652 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $6,545. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BURMA: Mindon, 1853-1878, AV mu, Mandalay mint, CS1214, a fantastic lustrous example for this one-year type! PCGS graded MS63. The machinery for producing the CS1214 (1852-53) coinage was imported from Birmingham, England." This mu or double rupee was struck in several styles. It accompanied the well known peacock rupee of Burma.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-2, KM-14.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

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• CS 1214 (1852) kyat = rupee
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