World Silver & Bronze
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Lot 1642 Session 6 (9.30am Thursday) World Silver & Bronze
Estimate $60
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BURMA, standard weight of the Burmese kings, the sacred 'Hantha bird' weight issued 1600-1878, weight 80.4,grams corresponding to five Kyats. (Robinson and Shaw, The Coins and Banknotes of Burma, Chapter 5, pp.31-4 [figure 12 p.32], cf.M.2831-5). Very fine.
Robinson and Shaw in a table on p.34 show that the range of weights for each standard weight of the Hantha Bird type could vary by as much as 10% from high to low.
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