Money Matters

Would it be easy or hard to spend currency on which your father was honored?

Few people have to face the dilemma of whether or not to put their smudgy digits over daddy's face, but it is not likely to be much of a concern for a daughter "blessed" with that opportunity. Aung San, pictured on the (ironically) uncirculated 1958 Burmese one-Kyat note that is this week's Objet d'eBay, is honored as a key in the delivery of his country from British rule.

His daughter, (Myanmar) opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has little chance to spend her dad's face. She has been under house arrest for the last five years and 12 of the last 18. She was not even allowed to attend the annual Martyrs' Day commemorations of her father and others slain while leading along the path toward peace and democracy.