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¼ Pe (Pice) - Bodawpaya (Center hole)
| Issuer | Myanmar |
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| Year | 1782 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Burmese |
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| Reverse description | Two stylized fish depicted in profile, oriented to the right, positioned in the upper half of the coin above the central circular perforation. The fish are rendered with scaled bodies and detailed fins in raised relief, one placed slightly above the other in a stacked arrangement. The lower half of the reverse field below the central hole is plain and unadorned. No legend or border ornament is present on this side. |
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Bodawpaya seized the Burmese throne in 1782 after executing his rivals within the Konbaung dynasty, then immediately set about standardizing administration across a fractured kingdom. This coinage belongs to the very opening of his reign — one of the longest in Burmese history, stretching to 1819. The central hole, a feature borrowed from broader Southeast Asian monetary practice, allowed coins to be strung in counted lots for market transactions rather than weighed individually.