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| 正面铭文 | 0.๕ សាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាមានិតកម្ពុជា 0.๕ ប្រាំកាក់ (Translation: 0.5 PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KAMPUCHEA 0.5 FIVE KAK) |
| 背面描述 | A central intaglio vignette portrays fishermen casting a large net from traditional wooden boats on the Tonle Sap lake, with additional vessels and a wooded shoreline visible in the background. The denomination in Khmer script occupies the lower left of the vignette field, with the numeral 0.5 repeated in ornamental cartouches at all four corners. The entire design is printed in red on a cream guilloche underprint with a decorative border of fine lacework patterns. |
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The People's Republic of Kampuchea was proclaimed in January 1979 following the Vietnamese invasion that ousted the Khmer Rouge. Reintroducing currency was among the new government's most urgent tasks — the Khmer Rouge had abolished money entirely in 1975, dismantling the banking system, destroying existing notes, and reportedly blowing up the National Bank building in Phnom Penh. After nearly four years of enforced cashlessness, rebuilding a monetary infrastructure from scratch required immediate provisional measures.
This 5 Kak note — equal to half a Riel — belongs to that emergency 1979 series. The denomination itself reflects the fractional structure needed to support basic market transactions in a devastated economy with virtually no existing currency in circulation.