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50 000 Riels
| Issuer | National Bank of Cambodia |
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| Year | 2001 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | ៥០០០០ ធនាគារជា តិនៃ កម្ពុជា ៥០០០០ ហាសិប ពាន់រៀល (Translation: National Bank of Cambodia Fifty Thousand Riels.) |
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| Reverse lettering | 50000 ធនាគារជា តិនៃ កម្ពុជា NATIONAL BANK OF CAMBODIA ៥០០០០ ហាសិប ពាន់រៀល ៥០០០០ (Translation: National Bank of Cambodia Fifty Thousand Riels.) |
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The 50,000 Riel denomination was introduced precisely because Cambodia's riel had depreciated so severely against the dollar through the 1990s that high-face-value notes became operationally necessary. The country runs a heavily dollarized economy — U.S. dollars handle most significant transactions, while riel notes fill the gaps for small change and low-value purchases. A 50,000 Riel note occupies an awkward middle tier: too large for everyday market use, too small to matter much in dollar-denominated commerce.
The print run of just over 12 million is modest for a developing economy's high-denomination note, suggesting limited deployment rather than mass circulation.