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1 Franc - Norodom I
| Issuer | Cambodia |
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| Year | 1860 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Reverse description | The central device features the Royal Arms of Cambodia, depicting a crowned royal emblem surmounted by a decorative pavilion or tower motif with radiating sun rays above, flanked by two mythical guardian figures or royal supporters on either side. The whole composition is richly detailed in the Khmer decorative tradition. A beaded border surrounds the design. The Khmer script legend arcs around the upper portion of the field, while the French denomination UN FRANC appears in the lower portion between two raised dots. |
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| Reverse lettering | ព្រះនរោត្តម សម្តេចព្រះមហាក្សត្រី · UN FRANC · |
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Cambodia's 1860 franc coinage was produced in Paris as part of France's early effort to impose a familiar monetary framework on its newly acquired Indochinese territories — the protectorate over Cambodia had been formalized only in 1863, making this issue anticipatory rather than colonial in the strict administrative sense. Norodom I had only recently consolidated his claim to the throne after a succession dispute with his brother Sivotha, and French backing was instrumental in securing his position.
The KM#M6 designation flags this as a pattern or medal strike rather than a circulation issue, and surviving examples are correspondingly few.