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100 000 Riels Khmer Republic
| Issuer | National Bank of Cambodia |
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| Year | 1974 |
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| Diameter | 28 mm |
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| Obverse description | Uniformed bust of Marshal Lon Nol, first President of the Khmer Republic, facing slightly left, depicted in military dress with epaulettes and collar insignia visible at the truncation. The effigy occupies the central field against a mirror-polished background. A circular legend in Latin script reads 'REPUBLIQUE KHMERE' along the upper periphery and 'MARECHAL LON NOL 1er PRESIDENT' along the lower periphery, punctuated by two small five-pointed stars at the sides. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The Khmer Republic's gold issues of 1974 were produced under the government of Lon Nol at a moment when the regime was militarily collapsing — Phnom Penh would fall to the Khmer Rouge in April 1975. These pieces were almost certainly struck for export and foreign sale rather than any domestic monetary function; by 1974, the Republic controlled little beyond the capital itself. Mintage was extremely limited, and most examples appear to have left Cambodia immediately upon striking.