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5 Kyats

Uitgever Union of Burma Bank
Jaar 1973
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Waarde 5 Kyats (5 MMK)
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Beschrijving keerzijde Central vignette of a toddy-palm tapper ascending a tall palm tree, rendered in brown intaglio, with a second palm rising behind him and a collection vessel suspended at his side. The scene is set against an elaborate guilloche underprint in blue and pastel tones, with the large numeral '5' guilloche panel at right and the English denomination 'FIVE KYATS' in bold letterpress across the centre. The issuing authority legend 'UNION OF BURMA BANK' runs along the lower border, and a decorative Burmese-script oval cartouche occupies the lower left corner.
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Opmerkingen

The Union of Burma Bank replaced the People's Bank of Burma as issuing authority following the 1972 monetary reorganization under Ne Win's Revolutionary Council government. This 5 Kyats note belongs to the first series issued under that renamed institution, making it a direct marker of a bureaucratic restructuring that changed nothing in practice — the same military-controlled economy, the same printing relationships, a different stamp on the letterhead.

A print run of just over twelve million is modest for a circulating denomination and likely reflects the severely constrained formal economy of the period, much of which had moved underground following the demonetizations and nationalization policies of the 1960s.