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BURMA - MYANMAR

A brief monetary history:
- British Indian currency, 1886-1937
- British Burma Rupee (Kyat) = 10 Mu = 16 Annas, 1937-1942
- Rupee = 100 Cents, 1942-43 (Japanese occupation)
- Kyat = 100 Pya, 1943-45 (Japanese occupation)
- Rupee (Kyat) = 10 Mu = 16 Annas, 1945-52
- Kyat = (Rupee) = 100 Pya, from 1952

For earier issues see:
- British India, 1886-1937

Pick #	Date
		British Colony
A1-A3	1904-15	5, 10, 100 rupees
A4-A5	1914-18	5, 10 rupees
A6	(1917)	2 rupees 8 annas
A7-8	(1927)	50, 100 rupees
1-3	(1937)	5, 10, 100 rupees
4-8	(1938)	5, 10, 100, 1.000, 10.000 rupees
		Japanese occupation JIM
9-17	(1942-44)	1, 5, 10 cents 1/4, 1/2, 1, 5, 10, 100 rupees
		Japanese occupation - State of Burma
18-21	(1944)	1, 5, 10, 100 kyats
22	(1945)	100 kyats
		British Administration
25-29	(1945)	1, 5, 10, 100 rupees
30-33	(1947)	1, 5, 10, 100 rupees
		Republic; Burma, from 1948
34-37	(1948-9)	1, 5, 10, 100 rupees
38-41	(1953)	1, 5, 10, 100 rupees
42-45	(1953)	1, 5, 10, 100 kyats
46-51	(1958)	1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 kyats
52-55	(1965)	1, 5, 10, 20 kyats
56-61	(1979)	1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100 kyats
62-66	(1986)	15, 35, 45, 75, 90 kyats
		Republic; Myanmar
67	(1990)	1 kyats
68-77	(1994-)	50 pyas, 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1.000 kyats
78-	(2004)	200, 500, 1.000 kyats

Foreign Exchange Certificates

FX1-4 (1993) 1, 5, 10, 20 $ (USA)

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		Foreign Exchange Certificates
FX1-4	(1993)	1, 5, 10, 20 $ (USA)