What is the currency of the Kingdom of Cambodia ? - Mortrends

Cambodia 
Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy with Phnom Penh as its capital. It is located in the southeastern part of Asia. It shares western borders with Thailand and its Gulf, bordered by Thailand and Laos on the north. On both the south and east sides it shares borders with Vietnam, Khmer is the official language of Cambodia, with an area of ​​approximately 181,035 km².

The Cambodian riyal The Cambodian currency is known as the Cambodian Riel, symbolized by the symbol KHR, and each Cambodian riyal is divided into 100 yen. [2] The following is information on Cambodian coins and paper:

Coins The National Bank of Cambodia issued four categories of coins on March 25, 1995, including: SR 50, SR 100, SR 200 and SR 500.

Banknotes 
The National Bank of Cambodia issued a series of banknotes, each of which was printed on several copies based on specific years. The following is information on these copies:  
SR 50: A copy was issued on August 29, In 2002. 
100 SR: Three copies were issued; the first was issued on December 27, 1995, the second was issued on August 9, 2001, and the third was issued on January 14, 2015. 
200 SR: A copy was issued on December 27, 1995.

500 SR: Three copies were issued; the first was issued on 27 December 1995, the second was issued on 4 April 2003 and the third was issued on 14 January 2015. 
SR 1000: Four copies were issued; the first was issued on 25 March 1995, the second was issued on 24 December 1999, the third was issued on 6 January 2006, January 29, 2013. 
2000 SR: three copies were issued; the first was issued on 25 March 1995, the second was issued in January 2008 and the third was issued on November 8, 2013.

5000 SR: Two copies were issued; the first was issued on 25 March 1995 and the second was issued on 6 April 2001. 
SR 10000: Three copies were issued; the first was issued on 25 March 1995, the second was issued on 6 April 2001 and the third was issued on May 7, 2015. 
SR 20000: Two copies were issued; the first was issued on 25 March 1995 and the second was issued on 12 May 2008.

50000 riyals: three copies were issued; the first was issued on March 25, 1995, the second was issued on April 6, 2001, and the third was issued on May 6, 2014. 100000 SR: Two copies were issued; the first was issued on 25 March 1995 and the second was issued on 30 April 2013.

The history of money in Cambodia 
In ancient times, Cambodia did not know the currency; except in 1847 when the first coins were issued by a currency printing machine. In 1853, a machine was bought from England for printing currency. To the name of the king, and the currency of the riyal dates back to the twentieth century AD; the name was adopted on Portuguese and Spanish. 

Cambodia's economy 
has experienced significant growth and economic developments. GDP growth in the period between 2000 and 2010 reached 8%, while in 2011 it reached 7%. This growth was based on the participation of a number of economic sectors such as agriculture, real estate , Clothing and tourism. With all these economic developments, Cambodia is classified as one of the most severely underdeveloped Asian countries. Economic development is part of the long-term challenges that are affected by constraints such as limited human resources and income inequality. As a low-income country.