Looking for Myanmar P77a, too

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 the 1,000-kyat note as available in two varieties: P77a with
a security thread in negative script and the chinze-only watermark, and P77b
with a security thread in positive script and a watermark of the chinze with
the denomination. Not only does the SCWPM have it backwards when describing
positive and negative script on the security threads of all Myanmar notes, I
believe it's also wrong in claiming there are two watermark varieties of
this denomination. It defies all sense of logic that after revising its
three highest denominations with windowed security threads that the bank
would revert back to using the less-secure solid thread. Likewise, why would
the bank issue its newest note with the old-style chinze-only watermark
after having gone to the trouble of adding the denomination to the watermark
of all other notes except the 1-kyat?

If there's anyone out there who has a 1,000-kyat note without the
denomination in the watermark, I would very much like to hear from you to
that effect.

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Owen W. Linzmayer (IBNS member 7962)
IBNS Journal editor
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