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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;d_lairson, post: 317204, member: 8441&quot;]<b>World Currency with Buddhist Themes - With Images!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I just got a new scanner and was playing with the settings so I thought I would post a portion of my fledgling collection of word paper money with Buddhist themes.</p><p><br /></p><p>OK Here is goes...</p><p><br /></p><p>1.1985 20 Dong p-94a from Vietnam. The obverse features a picture of Ho Chi Minh while the back has an image of the One Pillar Pagoda in Hanoi. While not stricktly buddhist, since this is a contemporary version of the One Pillar Pagoda, the origional was built in classic buddhist style.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o153/d_lairson/198520dongvietnam.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o153/d_lairson/198520dongvietnam.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o153/d_lairson/198520dongvietnam.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>2. 1991 100 Dong-small font P-105 Vietnam.The reverse of this features Pho Minh Temple, a buddhist temple built in the 1300&#039;s ( and later rebuilt )</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o153/d_lairson/1991100dongvietnam.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o153/d_lairson/1991100dongvietnam.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o153/d_lairson/1991100dongvietnam.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>3. Series 2006 5 Ngultum P-NEW Bhutan. The Obverse features what I would call &quot;Dragons&quot;, the reveres features the Buddhist Hermitage of Taktsang. The Original 10th century hermitage was burnt to the ground in late 1998, this bill features (from what I assume) the completion of the reconstruction of the hermitage</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o153/d_lairson/20065Ngultrumbhutan.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o153/d_lairson/20065Ngultrumbhutan.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o153/d_lairson/20065Ngultrumbhutan.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>4. 1967 1 Kip P-2 Laos. A simple note with a stylized buddha on the obverse and a seal on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o153/d_lairson/19671kipLaos.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o153/d_lairson/19671kipLaos.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o153/d_lairson/19671kipLaos.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>5. 1956-1976 50Riels P-70 Cambodia. This note features fishermen on Lake Tonle Sap on the obverse, and Angkor Wat on the reverse. It also features a &quot;Buddha Head&quot; as a watermark. AngKor Wat is the largest religious monument in the world. It has been featured in many movies. It is actually a series of temples built by the Khmer people with Angkor Wat itself being built between 1113 1150. Some of the other temples in the complex date to around 950 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o153/d_lairson/195650rielscambodia.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o153/d_lairson/195650rielscambodia.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o153/d_lairson/195650rielscambodia.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>6. 1944 10 Roepiah p-131a Netherlands Indies - Imperial Japanese Government. A cute obsolete note featuring a Java Dancer on the front and two buddhas on the reverse. If you look at the Buddha&#039;s you will see that they are in two separate poses, both of which have significance in Buddhist theology.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o153/d_lairson/194410roepiahindies.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o153/d_lairson/194410roepiahindies.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o153/d_lairson/194410roepiahindies.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I hope you have enjoyed this little shotgun blast of notes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cheers,</p><p>David[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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