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5 Riels Bon Touristique
| Issuer | Ministère du Tourisme du Cambodge |
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| Year | 1960 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Angkor Wat temple complex in orange-brown intaglio against a purple guilloche border with floral scrollwork. To the right, a circular underprint frames an apsara dancer in traditional Khmer pose. Serial number and denomination CINQ RIELS appear at centre below the temple vignette. |
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| Reverse lettering | Ce bon est valable seulement pour le paiement des frais de chambre, de repas et de boissons. Le Délégué du Gouvernement Royal à la Direction du Tourisme |
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Cambodia's Ministère du Tourisme issued these bon touristique coupons as a parallel exchange mechanism — foreign visitors were required or encouraged to convert currency into these vouchers, which could then be spent at state-approved hotels, restaurants, and shops. The system gave the government tighter control over hard currency flows at a time when Sihanouk's administration was navigating a deliberately non-aligned economic policy between French commercial influence and emerging domestic nationalism.
These tourist bon issues from 1960 are scarce in any condition. The coupons were designed for consumption, not preservation, and the political upheavals of the following decade — culminating in the 1970 coup and subsequent civil war — ensured that most institutional records and surviving stocks were lost.