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5 Kyat
| Issuer | Government of the Union of Burma |
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| Year | 1964-1965 |
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| Currency | Kyat (1952-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | ကူမြာ့ရေးငွေ; တ် ငွေနှင့် ဘဏ်လုပ်ငန်း တ, ဒ;ထပ် 006432 |
| Reverse description | The reverse, printed in purple, is divided into three horizontal vignettes illustrating Burmese economic activities: a farmer operating a tractor in a field at left, a timber-loading crane with logs at centre, and a plantation scene with a figure and tall plants at right. A Burmese script legend runs across the upper portion, and the denomination digit '5' appears at lower left within the guilloche frame. |
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Burma's 1964–65 note issues followed directly from Ne Win's Revolutionary Council nationalizing the entire banking sector after the 1962 coup. The 5 Kyat was part of a redesigned series intended to break visual and institutional continuity with the pre-coup Union Bank of Burma issues — a deliberate erasure as much as a reissue.
Pick 53 is among the more frequently encountered notes from this transitional period, though serial number prefixes remain poorly documented in the major references.