Catalog
50 Riels
| Issuer | Ministère du Tourisme du Cambodge |
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| Year | 1960 |
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| Currency | Riel (1955-1975) |
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| Reverse description | Plain off-white reverse with printed text in French stating the conditions of use for the voucher, restricted to payment of accommodation, meals, and beverages. At centre-right, the title of the issuing authority is printed above a manuscript signature, with a circular cancellation stamp of the Société des Auberges Royales d'Angkor, Grand Hôtel, visible at lower left. |
| 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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| Comments |
Cambodia's tourism ministry issuing banknotes is not the oddity it appears — in the early 1960s, the Ministère du Tourisme administered the casino concessions at Kep and Sihanoukville, and these notes functioned as gaming tokens within those establishments rather than as general circulation currency. They were redeemable only within the casino system, which is why they carry ministerial rather than central bank authority.
The National Bank of Cambodia (Banque Nationale du Cambodge) had been operational since 1954, so this was a deliberate parallel issue, not a gap-filling measure. Survival rates are low — casino scrip rarely escaped the premises, and much of what did was destroyed during the Khmer Rouge period.