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2 Pyas
| Issuer | Union Bank of Burma |
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| Year | 1949 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel) |
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| Reverse description | The central field bears the denomination numeral in Burmese script at the top, followed below by the denomination in words in Burmese script, all enclosed within a decorative wreath of stylised foliate scrollwork arranged symmetrically around the perimeter of the square flan. The Burmese calendar year appears in numerals along the lower exergue, beneath the floral border. The overall design is elegant and ornate, consistent with the artistic conventions of early post-independence Burmese coinage. |
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| Mintage | 1949 - ၁၉၄၉ - 7,000,000 1949 - ၁၉၄၉ , Proof - 100 |
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Burma's 1949 coinage was issued in the immediate aftermath of independence from Britain, granted in January 1948, and amid the near-collapse of the new state under simultaneous Communist and Karen insurgencies. The Union Bank of Burma assumed issuing authority as the country was, in practical terms, at war with itself across large portions of its own territory.