10 CENTS FROM THE VICHY GOVERNMENT

This tiny note is from french Indo-china which was an area of SE Asia encompassing Laos Burma,Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia. This area was occupied by the french up until the second world war. The 10 Cents note above was printed by the french Vichy government who sided with the nazis and it was printed  in 1942

ADDITION TO THE BURMA COLLECTION

These Notes are to add to the collection of Myanmar / Burmese notes issued under the japanese occupation of 1942- 45. see more HERE

The Notes above are the half Rupee and the 5 Rupee. Both note are from 1942. the half Rupee has a BD Serial number whereas the 5 Rupee has a serial number of BB..

now it leaves the smaller denominations to collect - 1 cent, 5 cent, 10 cent and the quarter rupee!!

BURMA UNDER JAPANESE OCCUPATION

The Japanese Occupation of Burma, during World War II, lasted from 1942-1945. It ended when anti-fascist nationalist army, under the command of  Aung San, rose up and expelled the japanese forces from Burma. It was then, that independence talks begun with the Burmese and Britain which led to full independence in 1948.

the notes above are ; the 100 rupee note from 1944, the 10 rupee note from 1942/44 and the 1 rupee note from 1942. None of the notes have a date on them. both the 100 and 1 rupee notes have their numbers in the western style however the 10 rupee note has both western numerals and the roman numeral for 10 - X. All have a two lettered serial number.

see more notes from Burma / Myanmar here

MYANMAR (BURMA)

The Socialist Republic of the Union of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, is a country in south east Asia, who's capital city is Rangoon. Burma finally came under british rule in 1886 after 60 years of wars between burma and the british. In 1937 , Burma became a administered colony of Britain and in 1948 became fully independent. In 1962 the military staged a coup d'etat and has been in control ever since. Its always difficult to know what to list these under as there is still disagreement over what the country should be called. i usually go with what the country's own government say so thats why its Myanmar.

Monetary unit : 1 Kyat = 100 Pyas

the 4 notes above are from the 1996 issue each with a different reverse , 20 Kyat - elephant fountain, 10 kyats - an elaborate Barge, 5 Kyats - men playing a ball game, and 1 Kyat - a canoe race.

The two notes above are the 1 Kyat from 1990 , with General Aung Sang (Father of Aung San Suu Kyi) on the front. The 50 Pyas note is from 1994 with a musical instrument on the front.

 This note above, is not listed in any of my reference books, but is a 1 Kyat note from the Union of Burma Bank. It has Aung San on the front and a musical instrument on the reverse.