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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clayirving, post: 747921, member: 18867&quot;]Here&#039;s one I got recently.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/BU-48.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Union Bank of Burma</b></p><p><b>1958 ND Issue</b></p><p><b>P48 - 10 Kyats</b></p><p>Front: Portrait of General Aung San with cap at right</p><p>Back: Elephant lifting log at center</p><p>Watermark: General Aung San with cap</p><p>Size: 145 x 82 mm</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Staple Holes:</b> Older notes are rarely found without having at least two tiny holes on the left side of the note made by staples, stick pins, or stitching having been done during age old accounting practices before and after a note is released to circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Bogyoke (General) Aung San</b> (13 February 1915-19 July 1947) was a Burmese revolutionary, nationalist, and founder of the modern Burmese army, the Tatmadaw. He was instrumental in bringing about Burma&#039;s independence from British colonial rule, but was assassinated six months before its final achievement. He is recognized as the leading architect of independence, and the founder of the Union of Burma. </p><p><br /></p><p>Affectionately known as &quot;Bogyoke&quot; (General), Aung San is still widely admired by the Burmese people, and his name is still invoked in Burmese politics to this day. Aung San was the father of Nobel Peace laureate and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been under house arrest for almost two decades.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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