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1000 Riels
| Issuer | Banque Nationale du Cambodge |
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| Year | 1972-1973 |
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| Currency | First riel (1953-1975) |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of the massive stone face of Lokesvara at the Ta Som temple, enveloped by the roots of an ancient tree, rendered with fine line-engraved detail evoking the overgrown jungle ruins of the Angkor complex. Khmer and French denominations appear at lower left and lower right respectively, set within guilloche cartouches. The bank's bilingual name is inscribed at upper left, with the printer's imprint in small lettering at the base of the central vignette. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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By 1972, the Banque Nationale du Cambodge was operating under the Khmer Republic — Lon Nol's government, which had deposed Sihanouk in 1970. This note was issued into an economy already under severe strain from war, displacement, and a collapse in agricultural output. Bradbury, Wilkinson produced competent security printing for dozens of post-colonial governments, and their work here is no exception technically, but the notes had a short and brutal useful life.
The entire Khmer Republic currency series was rendered worthless in April 1975 when the Khmer Rouge abolished money entirely — one of the few modern states to formally and deliberately eliminate its own monetary system.