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25 Pyas
| Issuer | Union of Burma |
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| Year | 1952-1965 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse lettering | ၂၅ ပြား ၁၉၅၆ (Translation: 25 Pyas, 1956) |
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| Mintage | 1952 - (fr) ၁၉၅၂ - 13,540,000 1952 - Proof - 100 1954 - (fr) ၁၉၅၄ - 18,000,000 1954 - Proof - 1955 - Proof - 1956 - (fr) ၁၉၅၆ - 14,000,000 1956 - Proof - 1959 - (fr) ၁၉၅၉ - 6,000,000 1959 - Proof - 1961 - (fr) ၁၉၆၁ - 4,000,000 1961 - Proof - 1962 - (fr) ၁၉၆၂ - 3,200,000 1962 - Proof - 100 1963 - (fr) ၁၉၆၃ - 16,000,000 1963 - Proof - 1965 - (fr) ၁၉၆၅ - 26,000,000 1965 - Proof - |
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Burma's post-independence coinage was issued under considerable institutional uncertainty — the new Union government inherited colonial monetary infrastructure from British Burma while simultaneously attempting to build a nationally distinct currency system. The 1952 series, of which this piece is a part, was produced well before the 1962 coup that brought Ne Win to power and set Burma on its long path of economic isolation. Coins from the later years of this range, struck after the military takeover, circulated under a government already dismantling the market economy they were designed to serve.