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500 Kyats Year of the Tiger
| Issuer | Central Bank of Myanmar |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a naturalistic depiction of a lotus flower in bloom, shown with open petals and broad leaves emerging from water, rendered in high relief with fine detail. The legend CENTRAL BANK OF MYANMAR curves along the upper periphery in raised Latin lettering. The date 1998 appears in the lower field beneath the floral motif. The overall design is set against a smooth, mirrored proof field. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Myanmar issued this coin during a period when the ruling SLORC junta had just rebranded itself as the State Peace and Development Council — a cosmetic rename that fooled no one but signaled the regime's continued effort to project legitimacy through cultural programming. Lunar calendar commemoratives were a deliberate part of that effort, coupling Buddhist-inflected Burmese tradition with hard currency collectibles aimed almost entirely at the export market.
Domestic circulation was never the point. Myanmar's parallel exchange rate crisis in the late 1990s made silver coins functionally absurd as currency inside the country.