Catalog
10 Rupees
| Issuer | Government of the Union of Burma |
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| Year | 1949 |
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| Size | 156 x 83 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette to the right shows a fully fanned peacock in intaglio engraving, set within an intricate blue guilloche border with decorative scrollwork framing all four sides. A rectangular underprint panel occupies the left portion of the note, with Burmese script inscriptions arranged centrally in large letterpress type. Two signature lines with printed names appear at the lower right, accompanied by serial number in red. |
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| Obverse lettering | ပြည်ထောင်စု မြန်မာ နိုင်ငံတော် အစိုးရ ငွေတဆယ် (Translation: Union of Myanmar State Government Ten Money) |
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Burma's post-independence monetary transition was complicated by the fact that the country initially retained much of the currency infrastructure inherited from the British colonial administration. This 1949 Government issue — distinct from the later Union Bank series — was produced by De La Rue in London while Burma's own printing capacity remained essentially nonexistent. The Government of the Union of Burma, rather than a central bank, appears as issuer because the Union Bank of Burma was not yet operational in a capacity that would support note issuance.
Pick 36 is among the earlier notes to carry the independent state's name without British imperial framing. The watermark is the sole security measure — no security thread, no latent image.