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1 Riel Bon Touristique
| Issuer | Ministère du Tourisme du Cambodge |
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| Year | 1960 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Angkor Wat temple set against a pink guilloche underprint, with a classical Khmer apsara dancer in circular frame at right. Denomination "UN RIEL" appears at bottom centre, with serial number prefix A-1 at lower left. Khmer script in top right corner. |
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| Reverse lettering | Ce bon est valable seulement pour le paiement des frais de chambre, de repas et de boissons. Le Délégué du Gouvernement Royal à la Direction du Tourisme |
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Cambodia's Ministère du Tourisme issued this bon in 1960 as a scrip voucher intended for foreign visitors — a controlled mechanism to capture hard currency at a time when the Sihanouk government was actively managing foreign exchange flows outside the formal banking system. It was never legal tender in any conventional sense.
The bon touristique series sits in an awkward classificatory space: part coupon, part currency substitute, issued by a ministry rather than the Banque Nationale du Cambodge. That alone makes it an unusual artifact of mid-century Cambodian economic administration.