500 Kyats

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Reverse description	Central vignette presents the Central Bank of Myanmar headquarters building in fine line engraving, set within a landscaped foreground with trees and a circular driveway; flagpoles bearing the Myanmar national flag are visible to the right of the structure. A traditional hintha flame motif in red and magenta anchors the lower-left, overlaying a multicolour guilloche underprint. Denomination numerals in Burmese script appear in cartouches at upper-left and lower-right, framed by ornate foliate scroll borders along the bottom edge.
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Protection type	Watermark, Security thread
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Comments	Myanmar's Central Bank introduced this denomination as part of a broader reissue program updating the post-2010 series with revised security specifications. The 500 Kyat sits in the middle of the circulating range and turns over frequently in daily transactions — a denomination that wears hard and fast in tropical humidity, which makes uncirculated survivors more common through deliberate hoarding than through light use. P#85 postdates the 2011 constitutional reforms that rebranded the issuing authority back to "Central Bank of Myanmar" from the earlier "Union of Myanmar" designation, a bureaucratic shift that collectors use to anchor the series chronologically.