1 Rupee Military Administration of Burma

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.