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15 Kyat - Mindon Min Gold Pattern
| Issuer | Myanmar |
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| Year | 1853 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Obverse description | A dancing peacock displayed in full fan, facing left, stands upon a grassy mound at centre, its elaborate tail feathers rendered in fine relief and occupying the majority of the field. The bird's plumage is depicted in meticulous detail, each feather individually engraved in a highly artistic style characteristic of Konbaung-dynasty court art. Six Burmese inscriptions in Myanmar script are arranged symmetrically around the peacock, reading 'တံဆိပ်တော်' (Royal Seal). The coin is bordered by a continuous beaded rim. |
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| Obverse lettering | တံဆိပ်တော် |
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Mindon Min came to power in 1853 after deposing his half-brother Pagan Min, whose catastrophic mishandling of the Second Anglo-Burmese War had just cost Burma its southern provinces. The new king moved quickly to modernize the Konbaung state, and this gold pattern was part of his broader effort to establish a Western-style decimal coinage — a project he pursued with genuine interest but never fully implemented during his reign.
Patterns of this type were produced in very small numbers and never entered circulation. Most surviving examples trace back to diplomatic or administrative channels rather than any mint distribution.