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0.5 Riel / 5 Kak Democratic Kampuchea
| Issuer | National Bank of Cambodia (Khmer Rouge) |
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| Year | 1975 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette shows a column of Khmer Rouge troops marching along a road receding into the distance, rendered in red intaglio on a green guilloche underprint. The denomination '០.៥' appears in the upper left, with Khmer script inscription across the top centre. At right, a large green and pink guilloche rosette carries the denomination numeral and year in Khmer script. Serial number and prefix appear at the lower centre. |
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| Reverse lettering | ចធាការកម្ពុជា 0.5 1975 (Translation: Kampuchea 0.5 1975) |
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The Khmer Rouge abolished the National Bank of Cambodia and physically destroyed Phnom Penh's banking district within days of seizing power in April 1975 — money was declared obsolete and the population was forcibly evacuated from cities. These notes were printed in anticipation of a new monetary system that the regime ultimately never implemented during its rule. Currency did not circulate under Democratic Kampuchea; the notes were stockpiled and essentially unused.
The printing date in the catalog data appears to be a data entry error — 30 April 1945 predates the Khmer Rouge by three decades.