K200 — Two Hundred Kyat
The artwork
Front: A seated chinthe, the crowned leonine guardian that flanks the stairways of Burmese pagodas, fills the right half in fine blue-green engraving, tail curling into a flame. Burmese script across the top reads Central Bank of Myanmar, with the denomination in words below on a rosette of guilloche. Serial numbers appear twice in red — Latin letters and figures at the left, Burmese numerals at the right — and a star-in-wreath device sits in the pink panel.
Back: An elephant in working harness, its mahout astride the neck, hauling a teak log through a river bank shaded by tall trunks — the timber trade that has long carried Burma's export earnings. To the left, a stylised flaming torch with the star emblem; the value 200 sits in a blue medallion. Titles in English here: CENTRAL BANK OF MYANMAR above, TWO HUNDRED KYATS below, with Burmese numerals at bottom left.
In circulation
Introduced in 1990 as part of the Central Bank of Myanmar's reformed series, alongside the 500 kyat, after the demonetisations of the late 1980s. The design was never redrawn; higher values — 1,000, then 5,000 and 10,000 kyat — took over everyday use as prices rose, leaving the 200 a small-change note.
Details
- IssuerCentral Bank of Myanmar (မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်ဗဟိုဘဏ်)
- CurrencyKyat (K)
- DenominationTwo Hundred Kyat
- Collectedon the Burma journey, 2001
- SeriesUndated Central Bank of Myanmar issue, from 1990
- WatermarkChinthe head
- SecuritySerial number in Latin and Burmese numerals, printed in red