Preah Vihear, The Disputed Cliff Temple: 100 Riel (Cambodia, 1972)-Reference
This Cambodian banknote represents the 3rd denomination of the First Riel (4th Issue, Series 1962-1972). The observe features an...
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Apr 25, 20221 min read
Khmer Architecture, Past And Present: 10 Riel (Cambodia, 1968)-Reference
This Cambodian banknote represents the 2nd denomination of the First Riel (4th Issue, Series 1962-1972). The observe features an...
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Apr 24, 20221 min read
Modernization Of An Ancient Land: 20 Riel (Cambodia, 1972)-Reference
This Cambodian banknote represents the 2nd denomination of the First Riel (Second Issue, Series 1956-72). The observe features a combine...
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Apr 24, 20221 min read
The Weaver And The Temple Of Faces: 100 Riel (Cambodia, 1973)-Reference
The large Cambodian banknote represents the 1st denomination of the First Riel (5th Issue, Series 1973). The observe features an...
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Apr 24, 20221 min read
The Face Of Lokeśvara: 100 Riel (Cambodia, 1975)-Reference
The large Cambodian banknote represents the 4th denomination of the First Riel (5th Issue, Series 1956-72). The observe features a stone...
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Apr 24, 20221 min read
The Great Lake And The Temple: 2,000 Riels (Cambodia, 1995)-Reference
This Cambodian banknote represents the 2nd denomination of the Second Riel (Eleventh Issue, Series 1995). The observe features an...
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Apr 24, 20221 min read
A Monument To Cambodian Independence: 100 Riels (Cambodia, 1998)-Reference
This Cambodian banknote represents the 1st denomination of the Second Riel (Twelfth Issue, Series 1995-99). The observe features an...
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Apr 24, 20221 min read
Cambodia, The Past And Present: 1,000 Riels (Cambodia, 1999)-Reference
This Cambodian banknote represents the 4th denomination of the Second Riel (Twelfth Issue, Series 1995-99). The observe features an...
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Apr 21, 20221 min read
Angkor Wat, The Temple City: 50 Riels (Cambodia, 1979)-Reference
This Cambodian banknote represents the 7th denomination of the Second Riel (Seventh Issue, Series 1979). The observe features one of the...
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Apr 20, 20221 min read
Mabini, The Brain Of The Revolution: 1 Peso (Philippines, 1949)-Reference
This Philippine banknote represents the 6th denomination of the “English Series” (1949). The observe features a portrait revolutionary...
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Apr 20, 20221 min read
Japanese Invasion Notes, Burma: 100 Rupees (Imperial Japan, 1944)-Reference
This Japanese occupation note (Burma) represents the 9th denomination of Japanese government-issued Rupee. The observe features an...
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Apr 20, 20221 min read
Notes Of Post-War Japan, The Diet: 10 Yen (Japan, 1946)-Reference
This post-WWII Japanese banknote represents the 5th denomination of the “Series A” Yen (1946). The observe features the National Diet...
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Apr 20, 20221 min read
Notes Of Post-War Japan, The Civil Right Leader: 50 Sen (Japan, 1948)-Reference
This post-WWII Japanese banknote represents the only denomination of the Yen (Emission, 1948). The observe features Count Itagaki Taisuke...
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Apr 20, 20221 min read
Notes Of Post-War Japan, Plum Blossoms: 5 Sen (Japan, 1948)-Reference
This post-WWII Japanese banknote represents the 1st denomination of the “Series A” Yen (1946). The observe features "Kigo" (spring plum...
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Feb 9, 20222 min read
Conquering Hunger, Coins Of The FAO: 10 Pyas (Myanmar, 1991)-Article
This commemorative Burmese coin represents the 1st denomination of Third Kyat (Series 1991). It celebrates the United Nations' Food and...
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Jan 28, 20222 min read
Notes Of The Pathet Lao, Aspiration For A Future: 20 Kip (Laos, 1968)-Article
This small Laotian banknote represents the 3rd denomination of the Pathet Lao "Liberation" Kip (Series 1968). The “Liberation” Kip were...
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Jan 28, 20222 min read
Notes Of The Pathet Lao, Aspiration For A Future: 10 Kip (Laos, 1968)-Article
This small Laotian banknote represents the 2nd denomination of the Pathet Lao "Liberation" Kip (Series 1968). The “Liberation” Kip were...
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Jan 28, 20221 min read
Notes Of The Royal Kip, Wat Hosian: 20 Kip (Laos, 1962)-Reference
This Laotian banknote represents the 4th denomination of Royal Kip (Series 1962). The observe features a portrait of King Sisavang...
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Jan 28, 20221 min read
Notes Of The Royal Kip, Wat Luang Temple: 50 Kip (Laos, 1962)-Reference
This large Laotian banknote represents the 5th denomination of Royal Kip (Series 1962). The observe features a portrait of King Sisavang...
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Jan 28, 20221 min read
Notes Of The Royal Kip, Lake Tonlé Sap: 1,000 Kip (Laos, 1962)-Reference
This large Laotian banknote represents the 7th denomination of Royal Kip (Series 1962). The observe features a portrait of King Sisavang...
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