Cambodian riel

Cambodian riel

រៀលកម្ពុជា or រៀលខ្មែរ (Khmer)
ISO 4217
Code	KHR (numeric: 116)
Subunit	0.01
Unit
Unit	riel
Symbol	៛‎
Denominations
Subunit
1⁄10	kak (កាក់ kăk) (no longer used)
1⁄100	sen (សេន sén) (no longer used)
Banknotes
Freq. used	100៛, 200៛, 500៛, 1,000៛, 2,000៛, 5,000៛, 10,000៛, 20,000៛, 50,000៛
Rarely used	50៛ (no longer printed but still legal tender); 15,000៛ (commemorative); 30,000៛ (commemorative); 100,000៛ (commemorative); 200,000៛
Coins
Rarely used	50៛, 100៛, 200៛, 500៛
Demographics
Replaced	French Indochinese piastre
User(s)	Cambodia
Issuance
Central bank	National Bank of Cambodia
Website	www.nbc.org.kh
Valuation
Inflation	1.4%
Source	The World Factbook, 2015 est.
Pegged with	U.S. dollar at 1 USD ≈ 4,100 KHR

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The riel (/riˈɛl/; Khmer: រៀល, romanized: riĕl [riəl]; sign: ៛; code: KHR) is the currency of Cambodia. There have been two distinct riel, the first issued between 1953 and May 1975. Between 1975 and 1980, the country had no monetary system. A second currency, also named "riel", has been issued since 20 March 1980. Since the late 1990s, the riel has had an unofficial fixed exchange rate of 4,100:1 with United States dollar, Cambodia's second de facto currency for commercial transactions.^[1]

Popular belief suggests that the name of the currency comes from the Mekong river fish riĕl ("small fish" in Khmer). It is more likely that it derives from the high-silver content Spanish-American dollar, whose value is eight reales, a coin widely used for international trade in Asia and the Americas from the 16th to 19th centuries.^[2]