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The state arms of the People's Republic of Kampuchea appear above a central vignette of Angkor Wat temple complex, rendered in fine intaglio line work against a multicolour guilloche underprint. An oval watermark panel occupies the left field, flanked by elaborate Khmer decorative scrollwork at the corners. The denomination is inscribed in Khmer script along the lower portion, with the date 1991 at bottom left and serial numbers printed in red at left and right. |
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At left, a stone animal statue beside a tree forms a bold vignette in deep red intaglio. The central field carries a rural agricultural scene with multiple tractors ploughing open paddy land, set against a pale yellow guilloche underprint with palm trees in the middle distance. A Khmer inscription runs along the top of the central panel, with the denomination numeral 500 at lower left and Khmer script denomination at lower centre, all within a decorative border of stylised temple-roof motifs. |
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Pick 38 was issued as Cambodia rebuilt its central banking infrastructure following the UNTAC period — the National Bank had been abolished under the Khmer Rouge and only reconstituted in 1980. The 1991 date places this note in the transitional phase before the 1993 elections restored the constitutional monarchy, when the country was operating under a fragile UN-administered framework and monetary policy was largely improvised around controlling hyperinflationary pressure.
The "Printed: 30.04.1945" field in the source data is almost certainly a cataloging artifact or data entry error — no Cambodian national bank note was printed on that date.