Norodom I signed the 1863 treaty that made Cambodia a French protectorate, and these tokens were struck not by any royal mint but by private commercial interests filling a gap in small-denomination bronze that the French colonial administration had not yet bothered to supply. The KM#Tn1 designation itself signals their unofficial status — token rather than coin proper.
Norodom I signed the 1863 treaty that made Cambodia a French protectorate, and these tokens were struck not by any royal mint but by private commercial interests filling a gap in small-denomination bronze that the French colonial administration had not yet bothered to supply. The KM#Tn1 designation itself signals their unofficial status — token rather than coin proper.