៛1000 — One Thousand Riels
The artwork
Front: A brown-inked view of the south gate of Angkor Thom, its tower carved with the serene faces associated with the Bayon, and beside it the causeway lined with the row of stone giants who haul the naga balustrade. A seated stone guardian figure stands at the left of the vignette, and a multi-headed naga prow curls up from the lower border. The issuer's name in Khmer runs top right; "1000" top left and "មួយពាន់រៀល" — one thousand riel — across the foot, with a warning to counterfeiters beneath it.
Back: Blue and slate engraving of the deep-water port at Sihanoukville: freighters alongside the quay, gantry and derrick cranes at work, a tug pushing across the foreground water and hills faint on the far shore. Fine rosette guilloche in orange and pink fills the sky. "NATIONAL BANK OF CAMBODIA" and the year 2007 sit in the clear right-hand panel, the Khmer issuer name arches above the ships, and heavy ornamental cartouches carry 1000 at both lower corners.
In circulation
Part of the Angkor-and-industry family of riel notes introduced in the mid-2000s, this 1000 riel bears the 2007 date and circulated widely as everyday change alongside the US dollar. Later redesigned 1000 riel notes issued from the 2010s have largely displaced it in daily use, though older riel remain honoured by the National Bank.
Details
- IssuerNational Bank of Cambodia (ធនាគារជាតិ នៃ កម្ពុជា)
- CurrencyRiel (៛)
- DenominationOne Thousand Riels
- Collectedon the Cambodia journey, 2009
- SeriesDated 2007, printed in the clear panel on the back
- SignatureTwo: Governor (ទេសាភិបាល) and Cashier General (អគ្គបេឡា)
- SecuritySerial in Khmer-letter prefix and seven digits, black at lower left and red at upper right