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100 Kyats ND (1944) Burma State Bank P21s |
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Burma, State Bank "SPECIMEN"
100 Kyats ND (1944) - Wmk: 3 Characters |
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PMG 64 EPQ |
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1523086-039
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Owner Comments
Obverse: Peacock at left, rural mountain range with prayer hall at right. Red Japanese characters Mihon (Specimen) on face only. Block number 1.
Obverse Color: Orange, blue and light green
Reverse: Scene on Mandalay Palace wall and bastion at center. The Mandalay Palace was constructed as part of King Mindon's founding of Mandalay in February 1857.Large parts of the palace were reconstructed from the palace at Amarapura, which was relocated to Mandalay. The master plan called for a 144-square block grid patterned city, anchored by a 16 square block royal palace compound at the centre by Mandalay Hill. The 413-hectare royal palace compound was surrounded by four 2 km (6666 ft) long walls and a moat 64 m (210 ft) wide, 4.5 m (15 ft) deep. Along the wall were bastions with gold-tipped spires at intervals of 169 m (555 ft). The walls had three gates on each side, twelve in total, each presenting a zodiac sign. The citadel had five bridges to cross the moat.
The palace citadel's four 2 km long walls form a perfect square, complete with a total of 48 bastions with gold tipped pyatthats or spires at regular intervals of 169 m (555 ft) and surrounded by a moat 64 m (210 ft) wide, 4.5 m (15 ft) deep. The walls, built with the common Burmese bricks set in mud mortar, are 3 m (10 ft) thick at the base and 1.47 m (4 ft 10 in) at the top; 6.86 m (22.5 ft) in height, excluding the merlons, and 8.23 m (27 ft) with the merlons. The embrasures are 0.84 m (2 ft 9 in) in width. To give access to the battlements in cases of alert and at the same time to strengthen the wall, an earthen rampart on a moderately inclined plane has been thrown up behind it. Its summit forms a platform 1.83 m (2 ft) wide, paved with bricks and running all along the walls behind the crenelles.
Reverse Color: Orange, pink and light blue
Watermark: Three Burmese characters
Issuer: The Japanese Government.
Date of Issue: 1944
Total issue: Unknown
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