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100 000 Riels 60th Birthday of King Norodom Sihamoni
| Issuer | National Bank of Cambodia |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Value | 100 000 Riels |
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| Obverse description | The obverse bears portrait vignettes of King Father Norodom Sihanouk and Queen Mother Norodom Monineath at center, flanked by the Royal Arms of Cambodia and the head of a naga, the mythical serpent of Khmer tradition. Elaborate guilloche underprint patterns frame the central design, with the denomination numeral 100000 repeated in both Khmer and Western scripts. The issuing authority inscription of the National Bank of Cambodia appears in Khmer characters. |
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| Obverse lettering | ១០០០០០ ធនាគារជា តិនៃ កម្ពុជា មួយរយពាន់រៀល ១០០០០០ 100000 (Translation: National Bank of Cambodia One Hundred Thousand Riels.) |
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Cambodia issued this commemorative 100,000 Riel note in 2012 to mark the 60th birthday of King Norodom Sihamoni, who ascended the throne in 2004 following his father Norodom Sihanouk's abdication. The denomination itself is notable — at the time of issue, 100,000 Riels equaled roughly $25 USD, making this a face-value instrument well above Cambodia's typical circulation notes but practical enough to actually spend.
A print run of just over 12 million puts this squarely in commemorative territory — substantial enough to satisfy collector demand without being a true circulating issue. The National Bank of Cambodia has issued several high-denomination commemoratives in this format, a pattern that began accelerating in the 2000s as the monarchy re-established its cultural prominence after the devastation of the Khmer Rouge period.
Sihamoni trained as a classical dancer and choreographer in Prague and Paris before his unlikely coronation.