Indonesia : 10,000 Rupiah, 1992; Paper : Reverse ; size : 148 mm x 72 mm

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Borobudur, the world’s largest Buddhist temple completed in the 9th century, is made up of 9 stacked platforms with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. Of these, 72 statues are seated in perforated stupas, well depicted on the 10 Roepiahs reverse (1944), surrounding the central large dome. The motivation of emblazoning certified heritage sites on banknotes is two-fold. First, the spaces and places are easily identifiable linking them to their proud host nations and second, they contribute as major tourist draws and collections. Though the latter may not be directly correlated to banknote imagery, the former plays its part in national history and heritage documentation permanently engraved on banknotes.