Armenian dram in Cambodian Riel

AMD Armenian dram

Country of application:
Armenia

Coin denominations in circulation:
500, 200, 100, 50, 20 and 10 AMD.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
100,000, 50,000, 20,000, 10,000, 1,000, 500, 100 and 50 drams.

History reference:
The first Armenian coins were minted in the 3rd century BC. e. Yervandids. Coins were also issued by the Artashesids (II-I centuries BC). The first coins with inscriptions in Armenian letters are kno...wn from the 11th century from Tashir-Dzoraget. At the end of the 11th century, the Cilician Armenian state arose. One of the names of his silver coins was "dram". The currency was issued in 1993 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Before that, Soviet rubles were used. The symbol of the country on banknotes was presented as iconic figures of the Armenian people, as well as great architectural and artistic monuments. The colorful design is adorned with the national emblem and denomination. The name of the currency comes from the Greek drachma.

KHR Cambodian Riel

Country of application:
Cambodia

Coin denominations in circulation:
50, 100, 200, 500 riels.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
100, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000, 20,000, 50,000 riels.

History reference:
Riel is the national currency of Cambodia. Before the introduction of the riel, the Indo-Chinese piastre was the monetary unit in Cambodia, to which the countrys new money was equated. The Pol Pot re...gime was preparing to introduce its own banknotes, they were printed, but they did not have time to enter circulation. In the days of the Khmer Rouge (Kampuchea), rice was the de facto currency in the country. Money and the banking system (April 1975) as a whole were abolished. The origin of the term riel is debated, with some arguing that it comes from the Khmer word for small fish. Others say it comes from the high-silver Mexican real used by Malay, Chinese and Indian traders in the mid-19th century. This version of the riel remained in effect until 1975, when the Khmer Rouge took over the country and the money was abolished. After the 1979 invasion of Vietnam that drove out the Khmer Rouge, the second and current version of the riel was introduced in 1980 when the Central Bank was restored. With no money to replace new banknotes and the economy in decline, the government first had to distribute the money to the public.