Catalog
1 Kyat
| Issuer | Central Bank of Myanmar |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Printer | Security Printing Works, Wazi |
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| Obverse lettering | မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်ဗဟိုဘဏ် ၁ 1 တစ်ကျပ် (Translation: Central Bank of Myanmar 1 1 One Kyat) |
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| Protection description | Bank initials (CBM) |
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Myanmar's Security Printing Works at Wazi — a facility built specifically to reduce dependence on foreign printers following the 1988 coup and the international isolation that followed — produced this note entirely domestically. The 1 Kyat denomination had been in continuous use since the socialist-era issues of the 1960s and 70s, but the 1996 series reflected SLORC's push for self-sufficient currency production, however modest the results.
At this denomination, practical utility was negligible by the mid-1990s — chronic inflation had rendered single-kyat notes nearly worthless in daily commerce.