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50 Riels Democratic Kampuchea
| Issuer | National Bank of Democratic Kampuchea |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| Size | 140 × 72 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Khmer peasants engaged in rice planting in a paddy field, with the four faces of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara on the Bayon temple towers of Angkor Thom rendered to the right. Denomination and issuer inscription appear in Khmer script, with the year 1975 incorporated into the design. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Democratic Kampuchea abolished money within weeks of the Khmer Rouge seizing Phnom Penh in April 1975 — the National Bank was blown up, and currency was declared an instrument of capitalist oppression. These notes were printed but never issued to the public. The entire series exists solely as unissued remainders, which is the only reason any survive at all.
Pick 23 is among the more commonly encountered pieces from this phantom series, but "common" is relative for a note that never once changed hands in commerce.