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1/4 Pe - Thibaw Min
| Issuer | Myanmar |
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| Year | 1879 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the denomination and Burmese calendar date 1240 (corresponding to 1878/79 CE) inscribed within a wreath of stylised foliage. The wreath is itself enclosed within a dotted inner border and a raised outer surround, creating a multi-layered frame. Burmese script lettering records the date and value, with the entire design bounded by a uniform denticled rim consistent with the obverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Thibaw Min was the last king of Burma, and 1879 fell in the early years of his reign — a period of court consolidation following a succession purge in which dozens of rival princes were executed. His coinage was struck at the royal mint in Mandalay under a kingdom already under severe pressure from British commercial encroachment in the south. The brass alloy of this quarter pe places it as a lower-denomination workhorse, circulating among a population whose sovereign would be deposed and exiled to Ratnagiri, India, just six years after this piece was struck.