The Coat of arms of Myanmar is used in all official government documents, including publications. The coat of arms has two chinthe (mythical lions) facing opposite one another, and at its center is a map of Myanmar placed in front of a cogwheel. The coat of arms is surrounded by traditional Burmese flower designs and a star at its top. Image taken from www. ... The chinthe appears on all banknote denominations of the kyat. ... Spur gears found on a piece of farm equipment. ...
The original coat of arms contained, on the banner ပ္ရည္ေထာင္စု သမတ-မ္ရန္မာ နုိင္ငံေတာ္, which translates "Union of Myanmar". As well as it carries three lions (the lion at the top was replaced by a star). Additionally, the cogwheel was a circle surrounded by the Burmese words တပော (MLC Transcription System: ta.pau; tha-baw). However, during Ne Win's Socialist rule, the coat of arms was modified to accommodate a cogwheel and dual olive wreaths. The words were also modified. This article or section uses Burmese characters which may be rendered incorrectly. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...
The Burmese coat of arms continues to contain Socialist influences, namely the cogwheel and the star. The coat of arms shown (emblem/picture) at the side of this page is written in Burmese says Pyidaungsu Socialist Thamada Myanmar-naing-gan-daw which actually means "Union of Socialist Myanmar". Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ...
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