Lot 1618

Sale 76 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes

Burma, standard weights of the Burmese kings, set of five of the bird 'Duck series' weights issued by Mindon, 1853-1878, weights 334, 170, 69.4, 30.8, 13.5, grams corresponding to 20, 10, 5, 2, and 1 Kyat. (Robinson and Shaw, The Coins and Banknotes of Burma, Chapter 5, pp.31-4 [figure 3 and 11, p.32], M.2831-5). Mostly very fine. (5)