Catalog
100 Riels - Norodom Sihamoni
| Issuer | National Bank of Cambodia |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | At right, an intaglio portrait of King Norodom Sihamoni as a young Buddhist monk in saffron robes, rendered in fine line engraving against a guilloche underprint in orange and red tones. At centre-left, a seated Buddha statue with an elaborate halo is flanked by a multi-headed naga serpent vignette. Two facsimile signatures appear above the central vignette, with the denomination numeral "100" in large stylised Khmer figures in the upper left and lower right corners. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a central vignette of Wat Preah Keo (the Silver Pagoda) with a seated Khmer Buddha statue at centre, set against a finely engraved architectural and foliate guilloche background in orange and brown hues. The denomination numeral "100" appears in both Khmer and Arabic script at multiple positions, with micro-text reading "NATIONALBANKOFCAMBODIA" and "100" repeated in bands above and below the central design. |
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P#65 replaced the earlier 100-riel design issued under the same denomination but bearing imagery tied to the Sihanouk period. The 100-riel note has effectively functioned as Cambodia's smallest-denomination paper unit for decades, largely ignored in daily commerce — the US dollar dominates urban transactions, while the riel circulates mainly in small-change situations below the one-dollar threshold. At this face value, the note costs nearly as much to produce as it is worth in exchange.
The security specification for this issue is modest: a basic watermark and a single security thread, with no color-shifting ink or microprinting reported for the series.