Catalog
100 Kyats
| Issuer | Union Bank of Burma |
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| Year | 1953 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a peacock with fully spread tail feathers, rendered in fine intaglio line work within an ornate floral and scroll border. To the right, a small vignette of a mythical chinthe (lion-guardian) figure in an arched frame; an empty rectangular panel appears to the left. Denomination numerals appear in each corner, with Burmese script inscriptions below the central vignette and the serial number printed in red. |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of a Burmese farmer guiding a wooden plough drawn by two water buffaloes through a flooded paddy field, with a village and pagoda visible in the distance. The scene is enclosed within an elaborate guilloche and scroll border, with denomination numerals in all four corners. The bank name and denomination appear in English letterpress above and below the central vignette respectively. |
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| Protection description | a mythical chinthe (lion) figure visible in the blank panel on the obverse |
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