One issue I didn't address in the video - to keep it from getting too long - is the ethical consideration of whether or not to visit Burma in the first place. In 1996, the military regime announced "Visit Myanmar Year," and that year the opposition National League for Democracy called on tourists to boycott visits as a response. When I was considering my visit to Burma, nearly two years later, there were still backpackers who were refusing to go because of the 1996 boycott, but it was far from clear if the NLD wanted tourists to stay away indefinitely or just to make a statement in 1996. I think I remember reading an article from some opposition source in the Bangkok Post encouraging tourists to return again, but I'm not entirely sure of that. The internet and the world wide web existed at this point, but it was still relatively rare and expensive to access while travelling, so it was hard to get information on demand. Among the backpacker community in Southeast Asia, in which this was a pretty regular subject of conversation, there was a split - many thought the right thing to do was to go, and many thought the opposite. I decided to go, but did my best to keep as much money out of the hands of the government as possible. At the end of my four weeks, I had (from memory) about $100 in FECs left of my original $200. I spent most of this on visas for other countries (Bangladesh, India, and Nepal) thinking this would make it most likely the FECs would be recouped by these governments. Anyway, it was a difficult call, and I may have made a different one with different information. I had a WONDERFUL visit, and met many WONDERFUL people, and hope in some small way I did some good by supporting the many small, family run hotels and restaurants I visited.
@@LilRyRyYT21 Wow, how did I miss this? Maybe I knew this when I was in Burma but just forgot? Or maybe the locals I met just used the pronunciation that they thought I would most likely recognize. Anyway, thank you!
This 2nd video is a great follow up from your 1st (Argentina's Forgotten Currency). Only "Half-Asleep Chris" has kept me as entertained. Great personal anecdotes, great denominations, perfect backstories re: the military dictatorships superstitions & finely edited graphics, etc. I enjoyed the soundtrack too! I posted it in a few collector forums. Looking forward to #3.
Thank you! The third video is underway. It will include banknotes but also some other money related subjects. I hope you like it, and thank you very much for your support!
Interesting denominations. I got hold of the 50 kyat, but it looks like it would tear anytime due to overuse and high circulation. I think Laos has also made such strange denominations 👍🏻 Never knew about the FEC, very informative video👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Pretty interesting topic. It's regarded one of the interesting topics in Numismatics and Notaphily. Being a collector these type of banknotes attract me most. Weird banknotes with Weird Stories.
Hiya, the ones I got in Burma were just face value, which was very inexpensive. The others I got on eBay to make the video. I don't remember how much it was but none of them cost more than a few dollars.
I love how you managed to make a informative video without making the viewers bored, but I personally think the animated men/women GIFs is a bit distracting and somewhat unnecessary... Keep it up!
Aung San Suu Kyi is a full name. Burmese people doesn't have first and last name. Calling suu Kyi is like cutting her name in half lol. No many people know about it since most of the world use first and last name.
I'm aware there are no surnames in Burma, but I was under the impression that her name had originally been Suu Kyi but that Aung San had been added to show her relationship to her very famous father (and that adding a father's name to another name is not typical in Burmese names). Apologies if I misunderstood!
@@FredoRockwell No, No it's okay and adding father's name is not common but I have seen some people with their father's name added to it or their grandmother's name or their relative name. I also my grandma's first letter of her name lmao.
Yes, that's right. I went to Burma in 1998. I think I mention in the video that FECs are no longer in use - I didn't mean to imply that they were. Just that they're interesting.
One issue I didn't address in the video - to keep it from getting too long - is the ethical consideration of whether or not to visit Burma in the first place. In 1996, the military regime announced "Visit Myanmar Year," and that year the opposition National League for Democracy called on tourists to boycott visits as a response. When I was considering my visit to Burma, nearly two years later, there were still backpackers who were refusing to go because of the 1996 boycott, but it was far from clear if the NLD wanted tourists to stay away indefinitely or just to make a statement in 1996. I think I remember reading an article from some opposition source in the Bangkok Post encouraging tourists to return again, but I'm not entirely sure of that. The internet and the world wide web existed at this point, but it was still relatively rare and expensive to access while travelling, so it was hard to get information on demand. Among the backpacker community in Southeast Asia, in which this was a pretty regular subject of conversation, there was a split - many thought the right thing to do was to go, and many thought the opposite. I decided to go, but did my best to keep as much money out of the hands of the government as possible. At the end of my four weeks, I had (from memory) about $100 in FECs left of my original $200. I spent most of this on visas for other countries (Bangladesh, India, and Nepal) thinking this would make it most likely the FECs would be recouped by these governments. Anyway, it was a difficult call, and I may have made a different one with different information. I had a WONDERFUL visit, and met many WONDERFUL people, and hope in some small way I did some good by supporting the many small, family run hotels and restaurants I visited.
Its pronounced Chat, not K-yat
the letter က + ြ is Ka + y, combined makes Ky pronounced as Ch.
@@LilRyRyYT21 Wow, how did I miss this? Maybe I knew this when I was in Burma but just forgot? Or maybe the locals I met just used the pronunciation that they thought I would most likely recognize. Anyway, thank you!
@@FredoRockwell No worries, I used to do it too before studying Burmese so its probably an easy mistake.
This 2nd video is a great follow up from your 1st (Argentina's Forgotten Currency). Only "Half-Asleep Chris" has kept me as entertained. Great personal anecdotes, great denominations, perfect backstories re: the military dictatorships superstitions & finely edited graphics, etc. I enjoyed the soundtrack too! I posted it in a few collector forums. Looking forward to #3.
Thank you! The third video is underway. It will include banknotes but also some other money related subjects. I hope you like it, and thank you very much for your support!
Nicely explained, loved it
Interesting denominations. I got hold of the 50 kyat, but it looks like it would tear anytime due to overuse and high circulation. I think Laos has also made such strange denominations 👍🏻
Never knew about the FEC, very informative video👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Pretty interesting topic. It's regarded one of the interesting topics in Numismatics and Notaphily. Being a collector these type of banknotes attract me most. Weird banknotes with Weird Stories.
Thanks for watching! I''m hoping to do more videos on this in future.
there was also FEC's in china as well
FEC in China was very long time ago, more than 24 years ago,why still want to mention
Talk about non decimal currencies
It makes pre-1970 British currency seem tame, right?
@@FredoRockwell iirc Madagascar still has non decimal currencies
Really? Okay, that's gotta go on my video idea list. Thank you!
@@FredoRockwell if i remember correctly, mauritania also uses a non-decimal system
Cool - good to know. I'll look into it!
How much did you pay for those banknotes?
Hiya, the ones I got in Burma were just face value, which was very inexpensive. The others I got on eBay to make the video. I don't remember how much it was but none of them cost more than a few dollars.
can u make a video about the Japanese invasion money?
they are not that interesting but they are interesting.
I can certainly add it to my list of topics I'm working on. I've been thinking about Chinese currency too, but if forgotten about their FECs. Thanks!
@@FredoRockwell china has a lot of weird denominations, their size is so small
Thanks
You're welcome!
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Hi I recently find your channel and you make the same content like me.
I will be sure to check out your channel!
15, 25, 35, 45, 75, 90 hardly used now
Yes, that's why I was so pleased to get a 90 kyat note when I changed money. And that was over twenty years ago!
I love how you managed to make a informative video without making the viewers bored, but I personally think the animated men/women GIFs is a bit distracting and somewhat unnecessary... Keep it up!
Thank you! And thanks for the feedback. I'll take that into consideration for sure (although there next video is mostly done so from next week).
kyat 45 beautiful color!!!
I have 90 kyat and 15 kyat
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Aung San Suu Kyi is a full name. Burmese people doesn't have first and last name. Calling suu Kyi is like cutting her name in half lol. No many people know about it since most of the world use first and last name.
I'm aware there are no surnames in Burma, but I was under the impression that her name had originally been Suu Kyi but that Aung San had been added to show her relationship to her very famous father (and that adding a father's name to another name is not typical in Burmese names). Apologies if I misunderstood!
@@FredoRockwell No, No it's okay and adding father's name is not common but I have seen some people with their father's name added to it or their grandmother's name or their relative name. I also my grandma's first letter of her name lmao.
I am from Myanmar
Thank you for watching!
Changing money to fec no more needed now since 2011. Your information must be very long ago
Yes, that's right. I went to Burma in 1998. I think I mention in the video that FECs are no longer in use - I didn't mean to imply that they were. Just that they're interesting.
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There are old money
yes i a myanmar is my aung san
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