COINS & MEDALS FROM OVERSEAS BURMA Thebaw, 1878-1885. 5 Mu (1/2 Mohur) CS 1240 (1878). Fr. 7; K./M. 26. 5,11 g. GOLD. Extremely rare. Slightly bent. Traces of mounting. Almost extremely fine Provenance: Auction Heritage 3004, New York 2009, lot n°20311 Thebaw was the last king of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) and also the last in Burmese history. His reign ended when Burma was defeated by the forces of the British Empire in the Third Anglo-Burmese War, on 29 November 1885, prior to its official annexation on 1 January 1886. After abdicating the throne, Thibaw, his wife Supayalat and two infant daughters were exiled to Ratnagiri, India, a port city off the Arabian Sea.