Catalog
5 Kyats
| Issuer | Peoples Bank of Burma |
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| Year | 1965 |
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| Currency | Third kyat (1952-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Bogyoke (Major General) Aung San (born Htein Lin, 1915–1947), rendered in intaglio within a dark oval frame at centre. The green underprint carries large numeral watermark-style denominational figures flanking the portrait, with elaborate foliate guilloche borders framing the entire face. The bank title in Burmese script runs along the upper border, and denomination numerals appear in the four corners. |
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| Protection description | Bogyoke Aung San's portrait, visible when held to light. |
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Burma's 1965 currency reform replaced the kyat notes issued under the Union Bank with a new series tied directly to the revolutionary government's Socialist Programme Party, which had seized power in Ne Win's 1962 coup. The People's Bank of Burma was itself a creation of that coup — the old central banking structure was dismantled almost immediately after the military takeover.
Security Banknote Company, the Chicago-based firm, printed this series. A print run just over twelve million is modest by regional standards, and attrition from Burma's largely cash-dependent rural economy was high.