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10 000 Riels Khmer Republic
| Issuer | Khmer Republic |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Weight | 38.03 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The coat of arms of the Khmer Republic occupies the central field, depicting the towers of Angkor Wat set within a wreath-like design and flanked by two upswept rice stalks forming a semicircle, surmounted by a five-pointed star with radiating rays. A decorative order medallion is centered below the temple motif, and a scroll banner bearing a Khmer inscription runs across the base of the arms. Flanking the coat of arms are two leafy sprigs. Below the arms, the denomination appears in both Latin numerals as 10.000 RIELS and in Khmer script as ១០.០០០ រៀល, with the date given in both Khmer and Western numerals as ១៩៧៤ · 1974 along the lower field. A fineness mark .925 appears in the lower right field. |
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The Khmer Republic was in its death throes when this piece was struck. By 1974, Khmer Rouge forces controlled most of the countryside and had encircled Phnom Penh; the Lon Nol government was surviving almost entirely on American airlifts. High-denomination silver issues from this period were never intended for circulation — they were hard currency fundraising instruments, sold abroad to collectors while the domestic economy collapsed around worthless riel banknotes.
The republic fell in April 1975. Surviving mint-state examples almost certainly never entered Cambodia at all.