Moroccan Dirham in Cambodian Riel

MAD Moroccan Dirham

Country of application:
Morocco

Coin denominations in circulation:
0.5, 1, 5, 10 dirhams.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
20, 50, 100 and 200 dirhams.

History reference:
The monetary unit of Morocco is the Moroccan dirham. The history of the national currency of Morocco is as interesting as the historical path of the kingdom itself. Despite the fact that the current ...currency in the country began to be used relatively recently, the history of the monetary system in this country is very old. Until 1921, the Moroccan rial was used in monetary circulation in Morocco. After 1921, the Moroccan rial is replaced by the Moroccan franc at the rate of 1 rial = 5 francs. In 1956, France recognized the independence of Morocco and reunified with Spanish Morocco, as a result of which the Spanish peseta was introduced into the money circulation in the ratio of 10 francs = 1 peseta. In 1960, the Moroccan dirham was introduced, consisting of 100 francs, and in 1974 the franc was replaced by a centime.

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.