Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10 000 Riels
| Issuer | National Bank of Cambodia |
|---|---|
| Year | 1995-1998 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | François-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire, France |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of King Norodom Sihanouk at right, with the Lokeshvara statue vignette at centre-left, set against an orange guilloche underprint. Denomination numerals '10,000' appear at upper left and lower left, with Khmer script legends along the upper and lower borders. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Cambodia's mid-1990s economic rehabilitation was fragile enough that the National Bank leaned heavily on Oberthur for its higher denominations — domestically, the printing infrastructure simply wasn't there. Oberthur's Rennes facility handled a significant share of Southeast Asian currency production during this period, and the technical quality of this note reflects that relationship.
The watermark remains the sole mechanical security feature, which is sparse for a high-value note by late-1990s standards. Whether that reflects a cost decision or a deliberate choice given Cambodia's limited detection infrastructure in circulation is not documented, but it was a recurring characteristic across the P#47 series.