DID YOU KNOW

On November 3, 1985, the 50- and 100-kyats notes were demonetised without warning, though the public was allowed to exchange limited amounts of the old notes for new ones. Only two years later, on September 5, 1987, the government demonetised the

25-, 35-, and 75-kyats notes without warning or compensation, rendering some 75 percent of the country's currency worthless and eliminating the savings of millions of Burmese.