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  • 1 Pya 1966, KM# 38, Myanmar (Burma)
  • 1 Pya 1966, KM# 38, Myanmar (Burma)
Description

In 1966, all coins were redesigned to feature Aung San on the obverse and were all changed in composition to aluminium. Furthermore, the coins were slightly reduced in size. However, they retained the same shapes and overall appearance of the previous series of coins. These were circulated until being discontinued in 1983.

Obverse

Depicts a portrait of Aung San (1/4 right) flanked by stars below, surrounded by the inscription "Union of Burma, People's Bank" above and date (Year 1328 BE) below.

Bogyoke (Major General) Aung San (1915–1947) served as the 5th Premier of the British Crown Colony of Burma from 1946 to 1947. Initially, he was a communist and later a social-democratic politician. He was known as a revolutionary, nationalist, and as the founder of the Tatmadaw, and is considered the Father of the Nation of modern-day Myanmar. He was the founder of the Communist Party of Burma.

He was responsible for bringing about Burma's independence from British rule, but was assassinated six months before independence. He is recognized as the leading architect of independence and the founder of the Union of Burma. Affectionately known as "Bogyoke" (Major General), Aung San is still widely admired by the Burmese people, and his name is still invoked in Burmese politics to this day.

ပြည်ထောင်စုမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော် ပြည်သူ့ဘဏ်‌
★ သက္ကရာဇ်၁၃၂၈ခုနှစ် ★

Reverse


Denomination flanked by sprays, date (1966) below.


ပြား
၁၉၆၆

Edge

1 Pya

KM# 38 Schön# 12
Characteristics
Material Aluminium
Weight 0.6 g
Diameter 17 mm
Thickness 1.15 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Mint
Arthur Krupp Berndorf

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