Himeji Castle — completed in its current form around 1609 under Ikeda Terumasa — survived World War II intact largely by accident: an incendiary bomb struck the keep but failed to detonate. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993, the same year as Angkor Wat, which gives this Cambodian issue an oblique cultural logic that isn't immediately obvious from the coin itself.
Himeji Castle — completed in its current form around 1609 under Ikeda Terumasa — survived World War II intact largely by accident: an incendiary bomb struck the keep but failed to detonate. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993, the same year as Angkor Wat, which gives this Cambodian issue an oblique cultural logic that isn't immediately obvious from the coin itself.