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Item No. 79320 CHINA: AV 10 yuan, 1983, KM-78, Jiayuguan Fort / Marco Polo, Proof. The Jiayuguan Fort was initially built during the early Ming dynasty, sometime around the year 1372. The fortress there was greatly strengthened due to fear of an invasion by Timur (Tamerlane), but Timur died of old age while leading an army toward China. Among the passes on the Great Wall, Jiayuguan is one of the most intact surviving ancient military building. The pass was a key waypoint of the ancient Silk Road. Jiayuguan has a somewhat fearsome reputation because Chinese people who were banished as late the 19th century were ordered to leave through Jiayuguan pass for the west, never to return. |
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