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Cambodian riel before abolition

Cambodian riel before abolition: a historical unit of account.

Dates in use
Introduction and ending not established
Ancestry branch
Spanish real / peso
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The story

The national currency name was restored after abolition; an account-balance succession between the two riels has not been established. [1]

Sources and evidence

  1. Michael Vickery · Kicking the Vietnam Syndrome in Cambodia; United States General Accounting Office · B-197708,8April 1980: Disposition of Valueless Foreign Currencies; Sheridan T. Prasso · The Riel Value of Money, AsiaPacific Issues49 (East-West Center,2001); Asian Development Bank; chapter by Huot Pum and Khan Vanak · Dealing with Multiple Currencies in Transitional Economies, chapter 3: Cambodia: Coping with Dollarization C1614 ↗

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“Cambodian riel before abolition.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000144.html

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