Cambodian riel

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The Cambodian riel is the official national currency of Cambodia, used alongside the US dollar in everyday transactions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf currency
fiat currency
abbreviation KHR
centralBank National Bank of Cambodia
coexistsWith dollarization in Cambodia
country Cambodia
denominationStructure subdivided into 100 sen
frequentlyUsedBanknotes 100 riel
1000 riel
10000 riel
100000 riel
2000 riel
20000 riel
50 riel
500 riel
5000 riel
50000 riel
introduced 1953
introducedBy Royal Government of Cambodia
ISO4217Code KHR
issuingAuthority National Bank of Cambodia
languageOfName Khmer
legalTenderIn Cambodia
localName រៀល
monetaryPolicy managed by National Bank of Cambodia
monetarySystem decimal
officialCurrencyOf Cambodia
peggedTo not formally pegged to another currency
pluralForm riels
rarelyUsedCoins 100 sen
200 riel
50 sen
500 riel
region Southeast Asia
reintroduced 1980
reintroducedReplacing Kampuchean riel
replacing piastre of French Indochina
surface form: Indochinese piastre
scriptOfSymbol Khmer script
status national currency of Cambodia
subunit sen
subunitToUnit 100 sen = 1 riel
symbol
usedAlongside US dollar
surface form: United States dollar
usedBy businesses in Cambodia
residents of Cambodia
usedFor small everyday purchases in Cambodia
usedIn everyday transactions in Cambodia

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Cambodia currency Cambodian riel
KHR hasOfficialName Cambodian riel
piastre of French Indochina replacedBy Cambodian riel
KHR represents Cambodian riel