Issuer Myanmar 

King Mindon Min (1853-1878)

Type Standard circulation coin

Year 1214 (1853)

Calendar Buddhist (Chulasakarat)

Value 1 Kyat

Currency First kyat (1852-1889)

Composition Silver (.917)

Weight 11.6638 g

Diameter 31 mm

Thickness 3 mm

Shape Round

Technique Milled

Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑

Demonetized 31 March 1892

Number N# 6847

References KM# 10

Obverse

Peacock Left, Full Display

Lettering: တံဆိပ်တော်

Translation: According to Robinson & Shaw ‘The coins and banknotes of Burma’, p.92-93 the words on the obverse are ‘Tazeik taw’ or ‘Royal stamp’.

Reverse

Denomination Within Wreath.

Lettering:

ရတနာပိုနေပြဥာ်တော်

၁ိသုံးဒဒဂံ်ါး

Translation: the outer reverse legend is ‘Yandabon Nepydiaw’ or ‘Mandalay the Royal residence’. The central inscriptio…