20 Kyats

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.