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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1975376, member: 42773&quot;]Here is a royal barge on a 10 kyats note...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351103[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As of 8/27/14, 10 kyats = 1 US cent.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you were a Burmese king, you would need to get around in style. 18th-century observers write that sometimes a royal procession would include up to 200 boats in a maritime spectacle that accompanied the royal barge. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaweik" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaweik" rel="nofollow">Karaweik &quot;barge&quot;</a> is actually a palace, constructed of concrete, modeled after ancient vessels.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351104[/ATTACH]</p><p>Karaweik barge on the eastern shores of Kandawagyi Lake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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