Indonesia

Indonesia 10000 Rupiah VG 2009
Front: Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II (1767-1862)
Back: Rumah Limas - traditional pyramid-shaped houses in Palembang, South Sumatra.

Indonesia

Indonesia 50000 Rupiah VG 2012
Front: Lieutenant Colonel I Gusti Ngurah Rai (1917–1946)
Back: Beratan Lake in Bedugul, Bali

Indonesia

Indonesia 50000 Rupiah VG 2012
Front: Lieutenant Colonel I Gusti Ngurah Rai (1917–1946)
Back: Beratan Lake in Bedugul, Bali

Lieutenant Colonel I Gusti Ngurah Rai 30 January 1917-20 November 1946) is an Indonesian National Hero who commanded Indonesian forces in Bali against the Dutch during the Indonesian War of Independence. He was killed in the Battle of Margarana. Ngurah Rai was born in Desa Carangsari, Kabupaten Badung Bali on 30 January 1917. He studied at a Dutch elementary school, then went to high school in Malang, East Java. He then received Dutch military training at the Military Cadet School in Gianyar, Bali and Magelang, Central Java. After graduating, he joined the Dutch-sponsored military as a second lieutenant in Bali. Read more

Statue of I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Bali.

Pura Ulun Danu Bratan

Bedugul is a mountain lake resort area in Bali, Indonesia, located in the centre-north region of the island near Lake Bratan on the road between Denpasar and Singaraja. Bedugul is located at 48 kilometres (30 mi) north of the city of Denpasar. Other nearby lakes are Lake Buyan, and Lake Tamblingan.
Bedugul enjoys a mild mountain weather due to its location at an altitude of about 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) above the sea level.
Major sites in Bedugul are the Pura Ulun Danu Bratan water temple and the Eka Karya Botanic Gardens. The Botanic Garden, opened in 1959. With a total area of 157.5 hectares (389 acres) is the largest in Indonesia. Read more

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Russia

Russia 10 Rubles 1997 G
Front: Krasnoyarsk, bridge,
Back: Dam

Krasnoyarsk is a city and the administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River. It is the third largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk and Omsk, with a population of 973,826 (2010 Census). Krasnoyarsk is an important junction of the Trans-Siberian Railway and one of Russia's largest producers of aluminium.
The city is notable for its nature landscapes; author Anton Chekhov judged Krasnoyarsk to be the most beautiful city in Siberia. The city was founded on August 19, 1628 as a Russian border fort when a group of service class people from Yeniseysk led by Andrey Dubenskoy arrived at the confluence of the Kacha and Yenisei Rivers and constructed fortifications intended to protect the frontier from attacks of native peoples who lived along Yenisei and its tributaries. Along with Kansk to the east, it represented the southern limit of Russian expansion in the Yenisei basin during the seventeenth century. Read more

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Spain

Spain 10 Pesetas 1935 Fine
Front: Woman

Spain

Spain 5 Pesetas 1935 Fine
Front: Woman

Malaysia RM 100, 2012 (Fourth Series)

Malaysia RM 100 unc 16 July 2012
Front: Tuanku Abdul Rahman with the national flower, hibiscus, and patterns
of the traditional fabric - the songket
Back: Mount Kinabalu and pinnacles rock formations of Gunung Api valley

Mount Kinabalu (Malay: Gunung Kinabalu) is a prominent mountain on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. It is located in the East Malaysian state of Sabah and is protected as Kinabalu National Park, a World Heritage Site. Kinabalu is the highest peak in Borneo's Crocker Range and is the highest mountain in the Malay Archipelago. Mount Kinabalu is also the 20th most prominent mountain in the world by topographic prominence.
In 1997, a re-survey using satellite technology established its summit (known as Low's Peak) height at 4,095 metres (13,435 ft) above sea level, which is some 6 metres (20 ft) less than the previously thought and hitherto published figure of 4,101 metres (13,455 ft).
Mount Kinabalu includes the Kinabalu montane alpine meadows ecoregion in the montane grasslands and shrublands biome. The mountain and its surroundings are among the most important biological sites in the world, with between 5000 and 6000 species of plants, 326 species of birds, and more than 100 mammalian species identified. Among this rich collection of wildlife are famous species such as the gigantic Rafflesia plants and the orangutan. Mount Kinabalu has been accorded UNESCO World Heritage status.
Low's Peak can be climbed quite easily by a person in good physical condition and there is no need for mountaineering equipment at any point on the main route. Other peaks along the massif, however, require rock climbing skills. Read more

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Malaysia New RM 5 2012 (Fourth Series)

Malaysia RM 5 unc 16 July 2012
Front: Tuanku Abdul Rahman with the national flower, hibiscus, and patterns
of the traditional fabric - the songket
Back: Rhinoceros Hornbill

The Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) is one of the largest hornbills, adults being approximately the size of a swan, 91–122 cm (36–48 in) long and weighing 2–3 kg (4.4–6.6 lbs). The Rhinoceros Hornbill lives in captivity for up to 90 years. It is found in lowland and montane, tropical and subtropical and in the mountain rain forests up to 1,400 metres altitude in Borneo, Sumatra, Java, the Malay Peninsula, Singapore and southern Thailand.
The Rhinoceros Hornbill is the state bird of the Malaysian state of Sarawak. For some Dayak people, it represents their war god, Singalang Burong. Read more

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