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50 Pyas
| Issuer | Union of Burma |
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| Year | 1952-1966 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#36, Schön#10 |
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| Reverse lettering | ၅၀ ပြား ၁၉၆၁ (Translation: 50 Pyas, 1961) |
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| Mintage | 1952 - (fr) ၁၉၅၂ - 2,500,000 1952 - Proof - 100 1954 - (fr) ၁၉၅၄ - 12,000,000 1954 - Proof - 1956 - (fr) ၁၉၅၆ - 8,000,000 1956 - Proof - 1961 - (fr) ၁၉၆၁ - 2,000,000 1961 - Proof - 1962 - (fr) ၁၉၆၂ - 600,000 1962 - Proof - 100 1963 - (fr) ၁၉၆၃ - 4,800,000 1963 - Proof - 1965 - (fr) ၁၉၆၅ - 2,800,000 1965 - Proof - 1966 - (fr) ၁၉၆၆ - 3,400,000 1966 - Proof - |
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Burma's post-independence coinage was issued under the Union of Burma government established in 1948, but the transition from colonial-era British Indian currency to a fully sovereign Burmese series took several years to stabilize. The kyat and its subdivisions replaced the rupee system, with these pyas entering production once the mint arrangements — struck at the Royal Mint in London and later at the Bombay Mint — were finalized.
The series ran without redesign through a period of significant internal upheaval, surviving the 1958 military caretaker government and continuing into Ne Win's 1962 coup. Coins dated through 1966 predate the Revolutionary Council's eventual currency reforms.