10 Rupees

Descrizione del dritto	A full-plumage peacock vignette occupies the right side of the note, rendered in fine intaglio engraving against a light guilloche underprint. The centre field carries large Burmese script denoting the denomination, flanked by an ornate decorative border with scrollwork and floral motifs. A blank panel is reserved at left, likely for a watermark window, and the serial number appears twice in red.
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Tipo di protezione	Watermark
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Commenti	The Union Bank of Burma was established in 1952 as the country's central bank following independence, replacing the Currency Board arrangements that had carried over from the colonial period. This 10 Rupee note belongs to the brief transitional window before Burma decimalized its currency and redenominated in Kyats in 1952 — making 1953-dated Rupee notes an oddity, issued under the new national bank but still denominated in the unit Burma was already officially moving away from. Thomas De La Rue handled printing throughout this transitional series. The watermark is the only security feature, which was typical for the printer's lower-security contracts of the period.