P.A6 One banknote two countries
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P.A6 is a banknote circulated in Myanmar during the Indian administration. The most special thing about it is its face value, 2 rupees and 8 annas. Its other identity is India’s P.2 (Razack-Jhunjhunwalla 3.3.1) banknote. Prefix of banknote represents different administraion area. At that time, in addition to the Rangoon area, there were Cawnpore, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Lahore and Karachi. Because the colour is relatively simple and the figure is not complicated, there are counterfeit present. The main vertification method is to pay attention to the shape of the numbers and the pattern of the portrait.
| India P.2 Prefix | Region | Number of Prefix found | Number of notes found |
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| A | Cawnpore | 2 | 6 |
| B | Bombay | 7 | 17 |
| C | Calcutta | 5 | 21 |
| M | Madras | 6 | 7 |
| L | Lahore | 5 | 15 |
| K | Karachi | 1 | 6 |
| R | Rangoon | 5 | 16 |
Due to its unique face value, it is highly sought by collectors of Indian banknotes, and the prefix R is also belongs to the Burma banknotes. So a very fine P.A6 is nearly 10,000 US dollars. I once collected one and sent it to PMG for grading, marked as P.A6 in Burma, and it turned out to be P.2 in India. One banknote, two countries. It is often not what you want. A total of five P.A6 prefix were found. The latter the prefix number, the more be found, which may due to they are less circulated.
| Burma P.A6 prefix | Number of found |
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| R1 | 1 |
| R2 | 2 |
| R3 | 1 |
| R4 | 4 |
| R5 | 8 |
Precautions:
- I have not studied Indian banknotes. The statistics of Indian prefix numbers are only very rough and carried out in a certain short period of time. The real prefix number must be more than listed.
- R prefix is P.A6 in Burma. Its data is more serious than the others and it can for reference.