by Lucky Lucan » Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:44 am
springrain wrote:
Interestingly, the obverse of the French Indochine Piastre of 1885 depicts Queen Semiramis aka Britannia aka the Statue of Liberty (my conjecture)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piastre
That's Lady Liberty, who represents Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom.
These coins seem to still be produced, I've seen new ones on sale in hill-tribe areas where they are prized for decorating headdresses.
Prior to the Piasters introduction there was the Cambodian Franc (1875-1885).
And before that the Tical which was similar to the Thai Tical (foreigner's name for Baht).
, and (after 'Independence,' of course) was renamed ... the Riel.
It wasn't renamed the Riel, that's a completely different currency, but their value was at a par when the Riel was introduced. The name "Riel" probably comes from the old Portuguese "Real".
1970 one Riel coin:
Riel coins from 1994. I don't think I've ever seen any outside of collector's market stalls.
Old coin-making machine in Kampong Spue:
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-plus/ ... ry-history
[quote="springrain"]
Interestingly, the obverse of the French Indochine Piastre of 1885 depicts Queen Semiramis aka Britannia aka the Statue of Liberty (my conjecture)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piastre[/quote]
That's Lady Liberty, who represents Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom.
[img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_O3TKFyXem4/TnkLFI2A1KI/AAAAAAAAFbI/Fg16Xjv2i9k/s400/French%2BIndo-China%2BSilver%2BPiastre%2BTrade%2BDollar.jpg[/img]
These coins seem to still be produced, I've seen new ones on sale in hill-tribe areas where they are prized for decorating headdresses.
Prior to the Piasters introduction there was the Cambodian Franc (1875-1885).
[img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Cambodia_2_Francs_1860.jpg[/img]
And before that the Tical which was similar to the Thai Tical (foreigner's name for Baht).
[img]https://images3-cdn.auctionmobility.com/is3/auctionmobility-static/FHtU-1-11DHZ/3-56WDM/14948b8e-c7ef-4723-96ee-c41c1efa14fb?width=440&height=440&resizeinbox=true&backgroundcolor=eeeeee[/img]
[quote], and (after 'Independence,' of course) was renamed ... the Riel.[/quote]
It wasn't renamed the Riel, that's a completely different currency, but their value was at a par when the Riel was introduced. The name "Riel" probably comes from the old Portuguese "Real".
1970 one Riel coin:
[img]https://www.picclickimg.com/d/l400/pict/291289815972_/Cambodia-1-Riel-1970-kampuchea-Km-59-Unc.jpg[/img]
Riel coins from 1994. I don't think I've ever seen any outside of collector's market stalls.
[img]http://0.tqn.com/d/coins/1/0/u/2/-/-/Cambodia_money_coins.jpg[/img]
Old coin-making machine in Kampong Spue:
[img]http://www.phnompenhpost.com/sites/default/files/styles/full-screen_watermarked/public/mold-coin.jpg?itok=GJf9E57w[/img]
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/post-plus/cambodias-monetary-history