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20 Kyats
| Issuer | Central Bank of Myanmar |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse lettering | မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်ဗဟိုဘဏ် 20 ၂၀ နှစ်ဆယ်ကျပ် (Translation: Central Bank of Myanmar 20 20 Twenty Kyats) |
| Reverse description | The reverse centres on a finely engraved intaglio vignette of the elephant fountain in Yangon's People's Park, rendered with tiered basins supported by elephant figures and a tall central water jet, while a broad avenue with lamp posts and park visitors extends to the left against a tree-lined background. A solid teal panel along the base carries the English denomination inscription, with the Western numeral '20' repeated within guilloche cartouches at upper left and upper right. The overall colour scheme combines teal, green, and orange over a multicolour guilloche underprint. |
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Myanmar's Security Printing Works, established in Rangoon after the 1988 military crackdown that ousted the civilian government and renamed the country, produced this note entirely within the junta's controlled printing infrastructure — a deliberate policy of the State Law and Order Restoration Council to keep currency production domestic and free from foreign scrutiny.
The 1994 series marked the consolidation of SLORC-era monetary policy following years of demonetization trauma, most notoriously the 1987 cancellations of the 25, 35, and 75 Kyat notes — moves that wiped out personal savings overnight and helped trigger the pro-democracy uprising the following year.