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1 Piastre - Norodom I
| Issuer | Cambodia |
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| Year | 1860 |
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| Diameter | 38 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting the Royal Arms of Cambodia: an elaborately detailed coat of arms featuring a tiered ceremonial vessel (preah khan) surmounted by a radiant sunburst motif, flanked by two crossed swords and draped royal mantling. A wreath of laurel encircles the lower portion of the shield. Khmer script legend arcs around the upper field. The denomination legend UNE PIASTRE · UN PESO · is inscribed along the lower periphery in Latin script, with Khmer script appearing on either side of the central device. |
| Reverse script | Latin/Khmer |
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Cambodia's first Western-style coinage, authorized under French protectorate pressure in 1860, was struck at the Paris Mint — Norodom I had only secured his throne the previous year after a succession dispute that required direct French military intervention to resolve. The piastre denomination was explicitly pegged to align with French Indochinese trade currency, marking the effective beginning of Cambodia's monetary absorption into the colonial system.
The X# prefix in standard references signals its uncertain official status — some authorities classify it as a pattern or presentation piece rather than a circulating issue, and confirmed circulation examples are genuinely difficult to attribute with confidence.