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1000 Riels Funeral of King Sihanouk
| Issuer | National Bank of Cambodia |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Size | 146 × 68 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | ๑๐๐๐ ធនាគារជាតិនៃកម្ពុជា មួយពាន់រៀល អ្នកក្លែងក្រដាសប្រាក់ នឹងត្រូវ ផ្តន្ទាទោស តាមច្បាប់ ព្រះករុណាព្រះបាទសម្តេច ព្រះនរោត្តម សីហនុ (ព.ស ២៤៦៦ - ព.ស ២៥៥៦) ๑๐๐๐ 1000 (Translation: 1000 National Bank of Cambodia One Thousand Riels Counterfeiters will be punished according to the law His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk (B.E. 2466-2556/1922-2012) 1000 1000) |
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| Reverse lettering | ធនាគារជាតិនៃកម្ពុជា សូមថ្វាយ ព្រះរាជកុសល ព្រះវិញ្ញាណក្ខន្ធ ព្រះបរមរតនកោដ្ឋ សូមទ្រង់យាងបដិសន្ធិ ក្នុងព្រះបរមសុគតិភព ២០១២ ๑๐๐๐ មួយពាន់រៀល ๑๐๐០ (Translation: National Bank of Cambodia Please give homage to His Majesty The King May You be born in Heaven 2012 1000 One Thousand Riels 1000) |
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This note was issued as a commemorative piece marking the funeral of Norodom Sihanouk, who died in Beijing on 15 October 2012 and whose cremation ceremony took place in Phnom Penh in February 2013. Sihanouk had abdicated twice — first in 1955 to enter politics directly, and again in 2004 in favor of his son Norodom Sihamoni. He remained the most politically complex figure in modern Cambodian history, having navigated French colonialism, independence, the Khmer Rouge period, and exile.
A print run of just over 12 million makes this far more limited than standard circulating issues from the National Bank of Cambodia. Whether heavily circulated or retained as souvenirs is an open question — commemorative low-denomination notes in the region frequently end up pulled from circulation almost immediately.