5 Riels, Cambodia, 1979 (Pick 29)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1979
Issuing entity
CambodiaThis 5 Riels note was issued in Cambodia, dated 1979. It belongs to the Second riel (1979-date) currency system. Issuing authority and period recorded in the catalogue: People's Republic of Kampuchea (1979-1989). It measures 132 × 67 mm and is printed on paper. The Standard Catalog of World Paper Money lists the type as Pick 29.
Obverse: Khmer Factory Workers to the left, State Emblem of the People's Republic of Kampuchea to the right, denomination below, date bottom. Its lettering reads “សាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាមានិតកម្ពុជា ៥ / ប្រាំរៀល / ៥ ៥ / 1979 រៀល”. Translation given in the catalogue: “People's Republic of Kampuchea, 5 Five Riels”. Reverse: Victory Memorial in Phnom Penh, denomination below Scripts: Khmer and Latin. Its lettering reads “៥ 5 / រៀល ប្រាំរៀល RIELS”. Translation given in the catalogue: “5 Five Riels”.
Identification note: match the value, issuing bank, printed date and Pick number together; dates and signature combinations distinguish sub-varieties, which are not separated in this entry. Details follow the Numista catalogue entry and the Standard Catalog reference it cites; they have not been checked against a central-bank archive.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 2
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 2
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Physical characteristics
- Size
- 132 × 67 mm
- Shape
- Rectangular
- Material
- Paper
Technical characteristics
- Currency
- Second riel (1979-date)
Design
- Obverse
- Khmer Factory Workers to the left, State Emblem of the People's Republic of Kampuchea to the right, denomination below, date bottom
- Reverse
- Victory Memorial in Phnom Penh, denomination below Scripts: Khmer and Latin
- Obverse lettering
- សាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាមានិតកម្ពុជា ៥ / ប្រាំរៀល / ៥ ៥ / 1979 រៀល
- Reverse lettering
- ៥ 5 / រៀល ប្រាំរៀល RIELS
Identification
- Value
- 5 Riels
- Dates recorded
- 1979
- Distinguishing features
- Printed date and signature combination separate sub-varieties
- Catalogue number to match
- Pick 29
Documentation checklist
- Denomination
- Research required
- Issue or mint date
- Recorded
- Material
- Recorded
- Weight
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- Mint or printer
- Research required
- Mint or printer mark
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- Catalogue reference
- Recorded
- Attached photograph (check rights)
- Recorded
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Catalogue references
- Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (Pick)P29
- NumistaN# 206744
Research required
- Confirm date and signature varieties against the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money.