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Upper Burmese kyat debt reckoning: research record

Evidence coverage: 1811–1824. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Upper Burmese kyat debt reckoning

CUR-V37-BURMA-KYAT · Research draft
One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1811–1824; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.

Children / successors

No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.

Unit and issue records 2 records

Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.

Upper Burmese kyat debt reckoning · C2049
Kyat-denominated loan · C2050

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Upper Burmese kyat debt reckoning

A 26 May 1811 mortgage and sale records 120 kyat in ywet-ni. Alloy descriptions are retained within the scoped debt-account review; they do not automatically create separate currencies.

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Kyat-denominated loan

A 19 September 1824 military-expense loan is denominated in 12 kyat 2 mat.

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Historical and modern kyat boundary

The inspected deeds do not establish succession into colonial rupee accounting or today’s Myanmar kyat. Keep this older account separate despite its shared name.

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Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

1811supported

A 26 May 1811 mortgage and sale records 120 kyat in ywet-ni. Alloy descriptions are retained within the scoped debt-account review; they do not automatically create separate currencies.

C2049
1824supported

A 19 September 1824 military-expense loan is denominated in 12 kyat 2 mat.

C2050
Evidence & research notes 3 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C2049

A 26 May 1811 mortgage and sale records 120 kyat in ywet-ni. Alloy descriptions are retained within the scoped debt-account review; they do not automatically create separate currencies.

Saitō Teruko · Money, Loans, and Farmland Liquidity, Acta Asiatica122 (2022),75–91 Citation S1074 · Open source ↗

pp.83–84:26 May1811 and19 September1824 deeds, KLT vol.2 pp.30 and29; pp.77–79 scope limits

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C2050

A 19 September 1824 military-expense loan is denominated in 12 kyat 2 mat.

Saitō Teruko · Money, Loans, and Farmland Liquidity, Acta Asiatica122 (2022),75–91 Citation S1074 · Open source ↗

pp.83–84:26 May1811 and19 September1824 deeds, KLT vol.2 pp.30 and29; pp.77–79 scope limits

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Qualified C2051

The inspected deeds do not establish succession into colonial rupee accounting or today’s Myanmar kyat. Keep this older account separate despite its shared name.

Saitō Teruko · Money, Loans, and Farmland Liquidity, Acta Asiatica122 (2022),75–91 Citation S1074 · Open source ↗

pp.83–84:26 May1811 and19 September1824 deeds, KLT vol.2 pp.30 and29; pp.77–79 scope limits

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

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