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500 Riels
| Issuer | National Bank of Cambodia |
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| Year | 2002-2014 |
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| Value | 500 Riels |
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| Obverse lettering | ធនាគារជាតិ នៃ កម្ពុជា ប្រាំរយរៀល អ្នកក្លែងក្រដាសប្រាក់នឹងត្រូវផ្តន្ទាទោសតាមច្បាប់ (Translation: National Bank of Cambodia Five hundred riels Counterfeiters will be punished according to the law) |
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| Protection description | Bayon sculpture watermark visible in the unprinted left margin area |
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| Comments |
P#54 was introduced as Cambodia rebuilt its banking infrastructure in the post-UNTAC period, when the National Bank was still working to establish public confidence in domestic paper currency — a slow process in a country where the riel had been completely abolished by the Khmer Rouge in 1975 and only reintroduced in 1980. The long print run spanning over a decade reflects that cautious, incremental approach to monetary normalization rather than any particular printing demand.
Security provision on this issue is minimal — watermark only, with no security thread or color-shifting ink. For a denomination in active circulation through the 2000s, that's notably light.