Cambodia P44a, 1000 Riel, 4 faces of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara / Chanchhaya UNC

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CAMBODIA  (Kampuchea)
Pick#....................44a
Banknote Book # 407a
Denomination ....1,000 Riel
Date.....................1995
Condition…...….UNC
Comments…...... Four faces of Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (God who hears the cry of the World), Bayon temple (Angkor) on front. Chanchhaya Pavilion (near Royal Palace), Phnom Penh on reverse.
Printer: Francois-Charles Oberthur
2nd image are note seen with ultraviolet (UV) light source, showing the security ink properties of the note.
One of two great complexes of ancient ruins in southeast Asia, Angkor is in Cambodia. The temples of Angkor, built from 879 - 1191AD, when the Khmer civilization was at the height of its development, represent one of humankind's most astonishing and enduring architectural achievements. From the great citadel of Angkor, the kings of the Khmer empire ruled over a vast domain that reached from what is now southern Vietnam to Yunan, China and from Vietnam westward to the Bay of Bengal. The structures one sees at Angkor today, more than 100 temples in all, are the surviving religious remains of a grand social and administrative metropolis whose other buildings - palaces, public buildings, and houses - were all built of wood and are long since decayed and gone. The site was featured prominently in the recent movie Lara Croft Tomb Raider, The Circle of Life. See my other notes from this country. Image is not exact note in lot.  PREFIX AVAILABLE IS AO.
Printer: Francois Charles Oberthur, France.
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