£9.30
Myanmar P-76b / 500 Kyats 1995 – UNC
Description
| Issued by | Central Bank of Myanmar |
| Issue | ND (1990-1998) Issue |
| Size | 167 x 80 mm |
| Printer | Security Printing Wazi (Myanmar) – CBM |
| Watermark | Chinthe bust over value |
| Security feature | Segmented security thread |
| Obverse | Chinthe is a stylized leogryph (lion-like figure) depicted in Burmese iconography and Myanmar architecture, especially used as pair of guardians flanking the entrances of Buddhist pagodas and kyaung (or Buddhist monasteries). Nowadays, it’s one of the most recognizable symbol of Myanmar. |
| Reverse | Casting bronze and working on a statue of General Maha Bandula (commander-in-chief of the Royal Burmese Armed Forces from 1821 to 1825 in the First Anglo-Burmese War) |
