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Looking for Myanmar P70a and P71a
I am writing an article on the banknotes of the Central Bank of Myanmar and
believe I have discovered errors in the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. The SCWPM lists two varieties for the 5- and 10-kyat denominations, the first type (P70a and P71a) supposedly issued in 1996 with a chinze watermark, and the second type (P70b and P71b) issued in 1997 with the denomination added to the chinze watermark. The SCWPM definitely has the first date of issuance wrong, and I strongly suspect that it's also in error when it comes to the existence of two varieties. The official press dated April 21, 1995, makes no mention of the denomination being included in the watermark, but this could be a mere oversight. It would be odd, but not inconceivable, to issue new notes with old-style (chinze only) watermarks when the bank had begun the process of switching to the new-style (chinze and denomination) watermarks 13 months prior. I have not personally seen these notes without the denomination in the watermark, nor have I been able to find anyone with such varieties in their collections. If there's anyone out there who has a 5- or 10-kyat note without the denomination in the watermark, I would very much like to hear from you to that effect. -- Owen W. Linzmayer (IBNS member 7962) IBNS Journal editor 2227 15th Ave. San Francisco, CA 94116-1824 USA Learn about the International Bank Note Society: http://www.theIBNS.org Read the latest news about banknotes: http://www.banknotenews.com See my notes for sale/trade: http://www.owenink.com/banknotes/forsale.html Buy "The Banknote Update": http://www.lulu.com/content/1753574 |
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