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1 Kyat
| Issuer | Union Bank of Burma |
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| Year | 1953 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Printed in grey, light green, and pink, the obverse carries a detailed intaglio vignette of a peacock with fully spread tail feathers at right, set within an ornate guilloche border. The centre panel bears the denomination in Burmese script within a decorative floral underprint, flanked by scrollwork corner devices. Burmese inscriptions appear along the upper and lower margins, with the issuing authority text at foot right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark grey and features a central intaglio vignette of a traditional Burmese sailing vessel under full sail on calm water, with a mountainous shoreline in the background. At left, a guilloche roundel bears the denomination ONE KYAT in two lines. The title UNION BANK OF BURMA runs along the upper margin, with numeral 1 corner pieces and a large unprinted watermark zone at right. |
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Burma's post-independence banking infrastructure was still being assembled when this note was issued, and Thomas De La Rue in London continued to supply the new Union Bank's currency needs well into the 1950s — a common arrangement for newly independent states lacking domestic printing capacity. The 1953 series replaced transitional notes that had circulated since the British withdrawal in 1948.
Pick 42 is frequently found with handling folds but rarely with serious soiling, suggesting it saw moderate urban circulation before being displaced by later issues.