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Cambodian riel: research record

Evidence coverage: 1980–1980. 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

KHR · Research draft
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.
Current currency in the inherited endpoint register.
Dated observations: 1980; this does not establish the entire lifetime.

Parents / predecessors

No distinct predecessor currency is established in the loaded view.

Children / successors

No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.

Unit and issue records 2 records

Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.

Riel — endpoint research dossierFTM000719 · C545
Riel reintroduction · C1292

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

Gap review finding

Vickery describes the 1980 riel entering use through state salaries and purchases. This evidence does not establish redemption of pre-1975 balances; the restoration relationship remains optional and qualified.

Sources and qualifications →
Earlier unit continuity

The riel was reintroduced on20March1980 after abolition. This fixes the restoration milestone; continuity of old balances and uninterrupted use remain unproved.

Sources and qualifications →
Historical account research

New riel state salaries and purchases provide direct account-use evidence.

Sources and qualifications →
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 →

Account-unit observations

Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.

1980-03-20supported

The riel was reintroduced on20March1980 after abolition. This fixes the restoration milestone; continuity of old balances and uninterrupted use remain unproved.

C1292
1980supported

New riel state salaries and purchases provide direct account-use evidence.

C1512
Monetary history 1 events

Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.

20 March 1980Currency reintroduction

The National Bank commemorates 20 March 1980 as the reintroduction of the Khmer riel.

C545
Evidence & research notes 6 claims

Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.

Supported C545

The National Bank commemorates 20 March 1980 as the reintroduction of the Khmer riel.

National Bank of Cambodia · Riel Day, 46th anniversary, 20 March 2026 Citation S279 · Open source ↗

Indexed announcement heading and repeated opening dated paragraph

Source access and limitations

Recover the 1980 issue decree and allocation/exchange rules; do not infer a zero-parent reset merely from the word reintroduction.

Relevant indexed source passage inspected; full-body retrieval failed or yielded a script/block page.

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.

Qualified C1226

Vickery describes the 1980 riel entering use through state salaries and purchases. This evidence does not establish redemption of pre-1975 balances; the restoration relationship remains optional and qualified.

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

Historical overview paragraph beginning In March 1980 a new Cambodian riel; later contemporary-report passage beginning In April 1980 a new Cambodian riel currency

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.

Supported C1292

The riel was reintroduced on20March1980 after abolition. This fixes the restoration milestone; continuity of old balances and uninterrupted use remain unproved.

JICA Research Institute · Research Results Presented at Event to Mark the39thanniversary of Khmer Riel Day (2019) Citation S650 · Open source ↗

Opening historical paragraph,20March1980reintroduction

Source access and limitations

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

Supported C1512

New riel state salaries and purchases provide direct account-use evidence.

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

1989 Currency, prices, and wages;1985 recovery chapter

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.

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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