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20 Riels World Cup Football 1994
| Issuer | Cambodia |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Value | 20 Riels |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a rectangular panel depicting the silhouette of Angkor Wat temple complex, rendered in low relief against a frosted background. The legend STATE OF CAMBODIA curves along the upper periphery in Latin characters. The denomination 20 RIELS appears in two lines at the bottom of the field, with '20' above 'RIELS'. |
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| Reverse description | A dynamic full-figure depiction of a footballer in mid-stride, about to strike a football, occupies the central field. The large numeral '1994' appears prominently in the lower portion of the field, with the date '1991' inscribed to the left at the mid-field level. The legend XV WORLD CUP curves along the upper periphery, while UNITED STATES OF AMERICA descends along the right rim in vertical arrangement. |
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Cambodia issued this coin while still governed by the Vietnamese-backed People's Republic of Kampuchea transitional administration, just as UNTAC was negotiating the Paris Peace Accords that would formally end over a decade of civil conflict. The numismatic program from this period was effectively a hard-currency revenue exercise — coins sold abroad to collectors, not circulated domestically in a country whose economy had been reduced to barter under the Khmer Rouge and had only reintroduced currency in 1980 after Pol Pot abolished it entirely in 1975.
The three-year lead time before the 1994 tournament was standard for this class of commemorative licensing.