Pe Silver Coin Varieties

Pe small peacock silver coins are listed into 5 varieties on the SCWC catalogue, which are Km6.1-6.5. In the book of “The Coins and Banknotes of Burma”, the combinations of front and back side of it can get 6 varieties. The differences between the varieties are mainly due to the miss and alterations of the figures in date (blue rectangle) and the denomination (red oval).

SCWC	Corresponds to “The Coins and Banknotes of Burma”
Km6.1 Complete figures	1a, 2
Km6.2 Denomination miss top left mark	1b
Km6.3 Year 1214 miss “2”	1c
Km6.4 Denomination miss “:” symbol	1c, 1d, 3
Km6.5 Denomination miss top left mark and “:” symbol	-

There are no Pe coin pictures on the SCWC catalogue, so it is difficult to distinguish the different varieties. I don’t know whether Km6.5 exists or not, and whether it is a weak struck of Km6.2. On the other hand, by the use of “The Coins and Banknotes of Burma” it is relatively simple for the differentiations. And it is more consistent for my online photos and physicals collected over years.

Images	The Coins and Banknotes of Burma
	1a
	1b
	1c
	1d
	2
	3

According to the classification of “The Coins and Banknotes of Burma”, I found a override variety (on the right side of denomination) that is quite obvious, so it is added as the seventh variety. In the past ~20 years, a total of more than 400 coins have been observed. (There should be duplicates) Data is organized as follows:

Version	Quantity observed
1a	79
1b	110
1c	12
1d	8
2	82
3	90
Override variety	7
Indistinguishable	46

Photo of override variety

Precautions:

• Many coins are badly worn, and it is inevitable to misread the details, which is highly subjective.
• There are many subtle differences in the coins, this classification only count major differences.
• Nearly one-fifth of data comes from a single source (Stacks Bowers 2018 Apr lot 52102).
• The so-called override variety is just temporarily used because I haven’t found a suitable name, and it really not like to be override.