New Currency Note: Banks To Distribute 500-Kyat Banknote As Of July 21

On the front page of 500-kyat banknote that will be issued on 19 July on 2020, the picturesque of Bogyoke Aung San is printed and on the back page, the building of the Central Bank of Myanmar is printed.

The size of banknote is 150 mm long and 70 mm wide. The prominent colour of the five hundred kyats currency note is maroon.

The serial number lies horizontally in Myanmar numbers, and vertically in English digits, while its left side portrays the watermark of Bogyoke Aung San and a moving effect is being incorporated into the 500-kyat note security thread.

The security string is inserted from top to bottom. The new 500-kyat banknote with the picturesque of Bogyoke Aung San will be distributed from the banks starting from 21st July. The existing 500-kyat note which is in circulation will continue to be legal tender currency.