1 Tankah - Bodawpaya Lord Amarapura
Features
| Issuer |
Kingdom of Arakan
(Indian North-Eastern Dynasties)  |
|---|---|
| King |
Bodawpaya (1782-1819)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1146 (1785) |
| Calendar | Buddhist (Chulasakarat) |
| Value | 1 Tanka |
| Currency | Tankah |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 10.01 g |
| Diameter | 28 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 552619 |
| References | KM# 28 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). Michael Mitchiner; 2000. The Land of Water: Coinage and History of Bangladesh and Later Arakan: Circa 300 BC to the Present Day. Hawkins Publications, London, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
4 line Arakanese legend with diagonal slash border.
Script: Burmese
Lettering:
1146
Amarapura
Hsin Byu Mya
Shin Naing Ngan
Translation: Date 1146 in Burmese era, Amarapura, Kingdom of the Lord of many white elephants
Reverse
4 line Arakanese legend with diagonal slash border.
Script: Burmese
Lettering:
1146
Amarapura
Hsin Byu Mya
Shin Naing Ngan
Translation: Date 1146 in Burmese era, Amarapura, Kingdom of the Lord of many white elephants
Edge
Plain
Comments
Bodawpaya was the Burmese king who annexed Arakan in 1784, and continued the striking of local Arakanese Tankas.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1146 (1785) | 1784 | ||||||||||||||
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