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50 Riels Khmer Rouge
| Issuer | Khmer Rouge |
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| Year | 1993-1999 |
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| Value | 50 Riels |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of rice paddy workers planting in flooded fields, with a line of figures extending into the middle ground beneath palm trees. Khmer numerals '៥០' at lower right, with Khmer script inscriptions at upper left and upper right. Ornamental temple-column borders frame both lateral edges. |
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| Obverse lettering | កម្ពុជា / ហានិបរៀល |
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The Khmer Rouge never controlled a functioning national banking system — they famously abolished money entirely after seizing Phnom Penh in April 1975, blowing up the National Bank building in the process. These notes belong to a much later chapter: issued by the remnant Khmer Rouge forces operating out of jungle enclaves along the Thai border, they circulated within territory still under their military control during the 1990s, long after the movement had been stripped of UN recognition and was slowly disintegrating through defections and Thai pressure.
The R-series designation reflects their status as a guerrilla scrip rather than a recognized national currency. Surviving examples are scarcer than their late issue date suggests — most circulated hard in remote conditions, and there was no organized preservation effort.