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0.1 Riel / 1 Kak Democratic Kampuchea
| Issuer | Democratic Kampuchea |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| In circulation to | 15 April 1975 |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette shows Khmer Rouge soldiers in the field operating a mortar, rendered in a bold lithographic style. Denomination and Khmer script inscriptions appear at left and right, with the date positioned along the right margin. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette illustrates a rural agricultural scene with Khmer peasants engaged in rice sifting. Denomination numerals and the date 1975 are printed below the central image in Khmer script. |
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Democratic Kampuchea's fractional currency is among the most historically loaded paper money ever issued. The Khmer Rouge abolished the banking system within days of taking Phnom Penh in April 1975 — they literally blew up the National Bank building — yet still printed currency, a paradox that has never been fully resolved. These notes were almost certainly never distributed to the public in any meaningful way. The regime operated on forced collectivization with no monetary exchange permitted.
P#18 likely existed as a theoretical denomination in a system that never functioned as one.