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Tin Unit - Emergency Issue Tenasserim
| Issuer | Region of Tenasserim-Pegu (Myanmar) |
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| Year | 1600-1800 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Tenasserim, modern-day Tanintharyi, Myanmar (1600-1800) |
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Tenasserim changed hands repeatedly between Burmese and Siamese forces across this period, and local tin coinage filled gaps left by the chronic absence of centrally issued currency during occupations and administrative collapses. The region sat atop significant tin deposits, making the metal both available and logical — production required no distant supply chain.
These emergency pieces were cast rather than struck, with quality varying sharply depending on who controlled the territory and for how long.