East Caribbean Dollar in Cambodian Riel

XCD East Caribbean Dollar

Country of application:
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Coin denominations in circulation:
5, 10, 25 cents and 1 dollar.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
5, 10, 20, 50, 100 dollars.

History reference:
The national currency of Anguilla is the East Caribbean dollar. Since 1982, a new series of coins has been in circulation in denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 25 cents and 1 dollar. Coins from 1 to 5 cen...ts were polyhedral, and a coin of 2 cents was square in shape. They were all made of aluminum alloy. But 10 and 25 cent coins were round, and made of copper-nickel alloy. The dollar was also round, but made of an aluminum bronze alloy. In 1989, the one dollar coin became multifaceted from a round shape and now from a copper-nickel alloy, changing its color from yellow to silver. Since 2002, new exclusively round 1, 2 and 5 cent coins have entered circulation, as well as a new $1 coin, which is now also round. Since 2009, 10.25 cents and 1 dollar coins have been minted from Akmonital alloy. The 1 and 2 cent coins were withdrawn from circulation in July 2015 and were legal tender until June 30, 2020.

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.