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1 Rupee Military Administration of Burma
| Issuer | Military Administration of Burma |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Currency | Second Rupee (1945-1952) |
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| Obverse lettering | GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ONE RUPEE MILITARY ADMINISTRATION OF BURMA LEGAL TENDER IN BURMA ONLY FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA SECRETARY FINANCE DEPARTMENT |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries the 'GOVERNMENT OF INDIA' heading at top centre, with a circular coin-type vignette at upper left inscribed 'ONE RUPEE INDIA 1940' surrounded by decorative floral scrollwork, and the denomination 'ONE RUPEE' in English below it. The centre panel contains the value expressed in multiple Indian scripts including Urdu, Devanagari, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, and Burmese. A large ornamental guilloche panel with vacant space occupies the right side, surmounted by a royal cypher 'GRI' at top right. |
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Issued under the British Military Administration that re-entered Burma in 1945 following the Japanese occupation, this note was part of the emergency currency introduced to displace the occupying forces' "banana money" — the Japanese Military Administration rupees that had devastated purchasing power and were declared worthless upon Allied reoccupation. The BMA series needed to establish transactional stability quickly, before a proper civilian administration could resume.
Pick 25 is common in used grades but genuinely scarce in high uncirculated condition, as the notes entered active circulation immediately and saw hard use in the chaotic postwar months before Burma's monetary system was reconstituted.