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Cambodian riel before abolition: research record

Evidence coverage: 1955–1980. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.

This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.

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Currency continuity

Cambodian riel before abolition

FTM000144 · Research draft

A documented account-unit or currency-system transition supports this predecessor identity; not admitted from a specimen or inherited label alone.

One scoped currency identity. Changes to subdivisions, scale, standard, instruments or issuers do not by themselves create children. A distinct account unit can remain a successor.
Dated observations: 1955–1980; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

Indochinese piastreterritorial currency separation · 1955
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Children / successors

No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.

Siblings

Standards and other context

historical name restoration

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

C1175, C1614

Latest research

Modern account-unit review

The national currency name was restored after abolition; an account-balance succession between the two riels has not been established. Account-unit source adjudication.

Sources and qualifications →
Evidence & research notes 3 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C1174

The Cambodian riel replaced the shared Indochinese piastre in 1955, ending the common monetary arrangement. Applies to pre-abolition riel; not a direct uninterrupted edge to 1980 currency.

Asian Development Bank; chapter by Huot Pum and Khan Vanak · Dealing with Multiple Currencies in Transitional Economies, chapter 3: Cambodia: Coping with Dollarization Citation S574 · Open source ↗

Printed pp51–52 (PDF pp69–70), footnote1 and Box3.1

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Qualified C1175

The riel was reintroduced 20 March 1980 after its 1975 abolition, including use for civil-servant salaries. This is a restoration of the named account-unit tradition, not established redemption of old balances or uninterrupted monetary use. The restoration is retained as an optional relationship.

Corrected interpretation: Revision 27 supplies a new evidence basis for R-V23-015. Account-unit source adjudication. Replacement evidence: C1614.

Asian Development Bank; chapter by Huot Pum and Khan Vanak · Dealing with Multiple Currencies in Transitional Economies, chapter 3: Cambodia: Coping with Dollarization Citation S574 · Open source ↗

Printed pp51–52 (PDF pp69–70), footnote1 and Box3.1

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Supported C1614

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

Michael Vickery · Kicking the Vietnam Syndrome in Cambodia Citation S591 · Open source ↗

As above

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

March/April introduction discrepancy means these passages support 1980 accounting, not an exact inauguration day.

United States General Accounting Office · B-197708,8April 1980: Disposition of Valueless Foreign Currencies Citation S838 · Open source ↗

As above

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Sheridan T. Prasso · The Riel Value of Money, AsiaPacific Issues49 (East-West Center,2001) Citation S839 · Open source ↗

As above

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

Asian Development Bank; chapter by Huot Pum and Khan Vanak · Dealing with Multiple Currencies in Transitional Economies, chapter 3: Cambodia: Coping with Dollarization Citation S574 · Open source ↗

As above

Source access and limitations

Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.

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