Monday 26 December 2011

General Aung San

Myanmar-Yangon-Aung San Statue.jpg

Bogyoke (General) Aung San (13 February 1915 – 19 July 1947) was a Burmese revolutionary, nationalist, and founder of the modern Burmese army, the Tatmadaw.

He was a founder of the Communist Party of Burma and was instrumental in bringing about Burma's independence from British colonial rule in Burma, but was assassinated six months before its final achievement. He is recognized as the leading architect of independence, and the founder of the Union of Burma. Affectionately known as "Bogyoke" (General), Aung San is still widely admired by the Burmese people, and his name is still invoked in Burmese politics to this day.

Aung San is the father of Nobel Peace laureate and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

1 Kyat (1958)





1 Kyat (1972)



10 Kyat (1973)


1 Kyat (1990)


 









Thursday 8 December 2011

CONG HOA XA HOI CHU NGHIA VIET NAM (SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM)

Hồ Chí Minh (Chairman of The Worker's Party of Viet Nam)

Hồ Chí Minh (19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969), born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Ái Quốc, was a Vietnamese Marxist-Leninist revolutionary leader who was prime minister (1945–1955) and president (1945–1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). He was a key figure in the formation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, as well as the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Vietcong during the Vietnam War until his death in 1969.

Hồ led the Việt Minh independence movement from 1941 onward, establishing the communist-governed Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945 and defeating the French Union in 1954 at Điện Biên Phủ. He lost political power in 1955—when he was replaced as prime minister—but remained the highly visible figurehead of North Vietnam—through the presidency—until his death. The capital of South Vietnam, Saigon, after the Fall of Saigon, was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in his honor.



200 Dong. 1987.
Sequential serial number :
QU 5004853



QU 5004854


500 Dong. 1988.



1000 Dong. 1988.



2000 Dong. 1988.



5000 Dong
1987




1991



10000 Dong
1993


2006. Polymer.




20000 Dong
1991



2006. Polymer.



50000 Dong
1990


1994




















Wednesday 7 December 2011

NGAN-HANG QUOC-GIA VIET-NAM (NATIONAL BANK OF VIETNAM)

SOUTH VIETNAM
South Vietnam was a state which governed southern Vietnam until 1975. It received international recognition in 1950 as the "State of Vietnam" (1949–55) and later as the "Republic of Vietnam" (1955–75). Its capital was Saigon. The terms "South Vietnam" and "North Vietnam" became common usage in 1954 at the time of the Geneva Conference, which partitioned Vietnam into communist and non-communist zones at the 17th parallel.

South Vietnam's origins can be traced to the French colony of Cochinchina, a subdivision of French Indochina, which consisted of the southern third of Vietnam. After World War II, the Việt Minh, led by Ho Chi Minh, proclaimed Vietnamese independence in Hanoi. In 1949, non-communist Vietnamese politicians formed a rival government in Saigon led by former emperor Bao Dai. Bao Dai was deposed by Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem in 1955, who proclaimed himself president after a fraudulent referendum. After Diệm was deposed in a military coup in 1963, there was a series of short-lived military governments. General Nguyen Van Thieu led the country from 1967 until 1975. The Vietnam War began in 1965 with an uprising by Việt Cộng forces supplied by North Vietnam. Fighting climaxed during the Tết Offensive of 1968, when there were over 1.5 million South Vietnamese soldiers and 500,000 U.S. soldiers in South Vietnam. Despite a peace treaty concluded in January 1973, fighting continued until the North Vietnamese army overran Saigon on April 30, 1975.


5 Dong. 1956.



10 Dong. 1955.




20 Dong. 1964.





1000 Dong. 1972.





ធនាគារជាតិនៃកម្ពុជា NATIONAL BANK OF CAMBODIA

NORODOM SIHANOUK

Norodom Sihanouk (born October 31, 1922) was the King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 until his semi-retirement and voluntary abdication on 7 October 2004 in favor of his son, the current King Norodom Sihamoni. Since his abdication, he has been known as The King-Father of Cambodia (Khmer: Preahmâhaviraksat), a position in which he retains many of his former responsibilities as constitutional monarch.

The son of King Norodom Suramarit and Queen Sisowath Kossamak, Sihanouk has held so many positions since 1941 that the Guinness Book of World Records identifies him as the politician who has served the world's greatest variety of political offices. These included two terms as King, two as Sovereign Prince, one as president, two as prime minister, and one as Cambodia's non-titled head of state, as well as numerous positions as leader of various governments-in-exile.

Most of these positions were only honorific, including the last position as constitutional King of Cambodia. Sihanouk's actual period of effective rule over Cambodia was from 9 November 1953, when France granted independence to Cambodia, until 18 March 1970, when Lon Nol and the National Assembly deposed Sihanouk.


5000 Riels. 1998



10000 Riels. 2005.





ធនាគារជាតិនៃកម្ពុជា NATIONAL BANK OF CAMBODIA (III)

50 Riels. 2002.
Front: Sculpture of naga serpent; Banteay Srei Temple; Norak Singha;
Back: Gate of the sluice "Tek Thla", along the National Road No. 3; Watermark: Khmer text.




100 Riels. 2001.
Front: Sculpture of naga serpent; Independence from France, now Victory Monument; Lion statue
Back: Students in front of school;Watermark: Khmer text.


500 Riels. 2004.
Front: Sculpture of naga head serpent; Angkor Wat temple;
Back: Kizuna bridge (Cambodia-Japan Friendship) across Mekong River in
Kampong Cham town



1000 Riels. 2005.
Front: Sculpture art of Banteay Srei temple printed in silver ink; Sculpture of naga serpent;
Victory Gate at Angkor Thom;
Back: Port of Sihanoukville (Kampong Saom); ships being loaded;
Watermark: Geometrical repeated pattern of flower-like ornaments.



2000 Riels. 2007.
Front : Preah Vihear temple
Back : A woman harvesting rice









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