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5 Kyat
| Issuer | Government of the Union of Burma |
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| Year | 1964-1965 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed in purple on white paper, the obverse carries the Government of the Union of Burma seal at right — a globe flanked by two tigers beneath a star-and-rays emblem — and a smaller national arms vignette at left. Burmese script inscriptions appear in the upper and central fields, with the denomination numeral '5' at lower left. Two red serial numbers are printed horizontally, one at upper left and one at lower right, framed by an ornate guilloche border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, printed in purple, is divided into three horizontal vignettes illustrating Burmese economic activities: a farmer operating a tractor in a field at left, a timber-loading crane with logs at centre, and a plantation scene with a figure and tall plants at right. A Burmese script legend runs across the upper portion, and the denomination digit '5' appears at lower left within the guilloche frame. |
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Burma's 1964–65 note issues followed directly from Ne Win's Revolutionary Council nationalizing the entire banking sector after the 1962 coup. The 5 Kyat was part of a redesigned series intended to break visual and institutional continuity with the pre-coup Union Bank of Burma issues — a deliberate erasure as much as a reissue.
Pick 53 is among the more frequently encountered notes from this transitional period, though serial number prefixes remain poorly documented in the major references.