K5 — Five Kyat
The artwork
Front: General Aung San in military tunic, medal ribbons at the breast, framed in an elaborate Burmese floral cartouche of the kind carved on monastery doors. To the right, the bank's name in Burmese script across the top panel, the denomination spelt out in ornamental Burmese lettering on a lattice ground, and the red serial number. Lower right, FIVE KYATS beside a figure 5.
Back: A toddy palm, drawn with each frond picked out, and a climber halfway up the trunk with his collecting pot slung at his hip — the palm-juice tapper's work that supplies jaggery and toddy across the dry zone. Behind, a large shaded 5 and FIVE KYATS in outlined capitals over a scalloped guilloche. Along the foot: UNION OF BURMA BANK.
In circulation
One of the Union of Burma Bank notes issued from the early 1970s, when Aung San's portrait ran across the whole denomination range. It stayed in use through the following decade, alongside the odd 15, 35 and 75 kyat values, before the Central Bank of Myanmar issues of 1990 dropped the portrait in favour of the chinthe.
Details
- IssuerUnion of Burma Bank (ပြည်ထောင်စုမြန်မာနိုင်ငံဘဏ်)
- CurrencyKyat (K)
- DenominationFive Kyat
- Collectedon the Burma journey, 2001
- SeriesAung San portrait issue, undated; toddy palm reverse
- SignatureSingle signature in Burmese script, in red beneath the portrait
- SecurityRed serial number, front right; Burmese and English denomination panels