coin, coin
Accession Number
NAM.1958-06-48-1
Description
Gold coin, possibly Burmese, 1885 (c). The coin was owned by Lt Col Elliott Armstrong Bruce and given to him by King Thibaw Min of Burma after the latter's capture, Burma War, 1885. A brass suspension ring has been welded to the top edge with another free hanging ring attached. The coin is in poor condition, very rubbed, with little detail discernable. On the obverse is a narrow raised edge, a ribboned laurel spray is discernable in low relief, with a narrow beaded border. Reverse has a raised edge with a central motif of a Oriental lion, upon the exergue are numerals in relief, '9510'. The rim of the coin in plain with an irregular profile.
Campaigns
Burma, Guerrilla Warfare (1885-1895)