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Acting Prez:
Myint
SWE
1.2.2021 > 

HOG, PM:
Min Aung
KLAING
1.8.2021 >

PM Opposition:
Mahn Win
Khaing THAN
9.3.2021 >

St. Coun.:
Aung SAN
Suu Kyi
5.4.2016-2.1.2021

Pyidaunzu Thanmăda Myăma Nainngandaw, MYANMAR (BURMA) Banknotes, 1897 > Issues

Pyidaunzu Thanmăda Myăma Nainngandaw
Republic of the Union of Myanmar

History: Awa 1364; CHN 1768-1886; GBR 1824; JPN 1942-45; Rep. BUR 1943-45; Union BUR 1948; Socialist Rep BUR 1974; Union BUR 1988; Union MYA 1989; Rep.Union Myanmar 21.10.2010

The first banknotes attritutable to the Burma(Myanmar) were issued in the 1897
Currency History: IND currency 1886-1937; BUR 1937-42; JPN 1942-44; BUR 1944 >
 
Current Banknotes from Central Bank of Myanmar; Official Bank Exchange Rate = 964.00/USD:
         
 
  PAGE CATALOG
NUMBERS		 DENOMINATIONS DATES ISSUING AUTHORITY

•• Federated Shan States
BURMA Paper Money, Shan national Army Issues S101 S.101- S.104 1 -10 Tep 1964-66 Federated Shan States,
Government of Tai-land,
Shan National Army

• British Province of Burma
11.5.1824 GBR occupies Rangoon
BURMA Paper Money, 1872-1922 British India Issues A1 P.A1 - P.A3 5 - 100 Rupees 1897-1922 Government of India
BURMA Paper Money, 1914-18 British India Issues A4 P.A4 - P.A5 5 - 10 Rupees 1914-18 Government of India
BURMA Paper Money, 1917-37 Issues A6 P.A6 - P.A8 2 Rupees 8 Annas -
100 Rupees		 1917-37 Government of India

• British Colony of Burma
GBR Colony 1.4.1937
BURMA Paper Money, 1937 Issues 1 P.1 - P.3 5 - 100 Rupees 1937 Reserve Bank of India
BURMA Paper Money, 1938-39 Issues 4 P.4 - P.8 5 - 10,000 Rupees 1938-39 Reserve Bank of India

大東亜共栄圏  Dai-tō-a Kyōeiken
• Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
JPN occupation 1.8.1942 - 3.5.1945 (In Tenasserim province from 12.1941)

• Republic of Burma
Republic of Burma (Japanese Occupation Puppet State)1.8.1943 - 3.5.1945
Burma paper Money, Japanese Occupation Issues WWII 9 P.9 - P.17 1 Cent - 100 Rupees 1942-44 Japanese Government
Burma paper Money, 1944 Issues 18 P.18 - P.22 1 - 100 Kyats 1944 Burma State Bank

• British Colony of Burma
BURMA Paper Money, 1943-45 Military Adm. Issues 23 P.23 - P.29 4 Annas - 100 Rupees 1943-45 Military Administration
of Burma

• BIRUMA-KOKU
• State of Burma
3.5.1945 British administration re-established
BURMA Paper Money, 1947 Issues 30 P.30 - P.33 1 - 100 Rupees 1947 Burma Currency Board
BURMA Paper Money, 1948 Issues 34 P.34 - P.35 1 - 5 Rupees 1948 Government of Burma

UNION OF BURMA
Independence 4.1.1948
BURMA Paper Money, 1949-50 Issues 36 P.36 - P.37 10 - 100 Rupees 1949-50 Government of the
Union of Burma
BURMA Paper Money, 1953 Issues 38 P.38 - P.41 1 - 100 Rupees 1953 Union Bank of Burma
BURMA paper Money, 1952 Kyat Issues 42 P.42 - P.45 1 - 100 Kyats 1953 Union Bank of Burma
BURMA Paper Money, 1958 Issues 46 P.46 - P.51 1 - 100 Kyats 1958 Union Bank of Burma
BURMA Paper Money, 1965 Issues 52 P.52 - P.55 1 - 20 Kyats 1965 Peoples Bank of Burma

SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF BURMA
Established 4.1.1974
BURMA Paper Money, 1972-79 Issues 58 P.58 - P.61 1 - 100 Kyats 1972-79 Union Bank of Burma
Burma Paper Money, 1985-87 Issues 62 P.62 - P.66 15 - 90 Kyats 1985-87 Union Bank of Burma

UNION OF BURMA - 1988
Established 23.9.1988

UNION OF MYANMAR - 1989
Established 18.6.1989
Myanmar Paper Money, 1990-98 Issues 67 P.67 - P.77 1 - 1,000 Kyats 1990-98 Central Bank of Myanmar
MYANMAR Paper Money, 2004 Issues 78 P.78 - P.80 200 - 1,000 Kyats 2004 Central Bank of Myanmar

Pyidaunzu Thanmăda Myăma Nainngandaw
REPUBLIC OF THE UNION OF MYANMAR
Republic of the Union of Myanmar 21.10.2010
81 P.81 - > 5,000 - 20,000 Kyats 2010-23 Central Bank of Myanmar
Images Needed New P.New When Issued ? Central Bank of Myanmar

Foreign Exchange Certificates
BURMA(MYANMAR) Foreign Exchange Certificates, 1993-97 Issues FX1 P.FX1 - P.FX4 1 - 20 US Dollars 1993-97 Central Bank of Myanmar

Chits
BURMA CHITS C1 P.UNL 5 - 25 Cents 1950's - 60's American Embassy Recreation Association
Current Banknotes from Central Bank of Myanmar; Bank Exchange Rate = 964.00/USD:
500 Kyats
27.3.1994
11.10.2004		 1,000 Kyats
25.11.1998
11.10.2004		 200 Kyats
11.12.2004
 		 5,000 Kyats
1.10.2009
 		 10,000 Kyats
15.6.2012
 

  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & BACKGROUNDER
We gratefully acknowledge Stephen Prior and Don Cleveland for submitting images used in this section.

PPS  We gratefully acknowledge Percy Phiroze Siganporia for submitting images and information used in this section.

Don Cleveland also submitted  some recent pictures taken Bur21.Commonmodeoftransportationmed.jpgin Myanmar, displaying the most common forms of transportation currently seen in the countryside.

Visitors to this section of the website are encouraged to submit additional Burma (Myanmar) banknote or other images and/or information they wish to share with collectors and visitors to the site.

We are happy to see the new openess of the Burmese government and the election of Aung San Suu Kyi to Parliament. We sincerely hope the current administration can continue to find peaceful ways to solve the issues for all Burmese people an d to help bring peace and stability to the country and region.         GSE 4.2014

*  On 1.2.2021 Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested.
On 1 August 2023, the military junta granted Suu Kyi a partial pardon, reducing her sentence to a total of 27 years in prison.


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