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The riel ((クメール語:រៀល); sign: ; code: KHR) is the currency of Cambodia. There have been two distinct riel, the first issued between 1953 and May 1975. Between 1975 and 1980, the country had no monetary system. A second currency, also named "riel", has been issued since March 20, 1980. However, this currency has never gained much public acceptance, with most Cambodians preferring foreign currency.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Chinese University of Hong Kong "> url=http://intl.econ.cuhk.edu.hk/exchange_rate_regime/index.php?cid=13 ) (Riel or dollar: which currency for Cambodia, in a context of crisis? )〕 The UN peacekeeping operation of 1993 injected a large quantity of U.S. dollars into the local economy. As a result, the dollar has become the country's common currency.〔 Riel notes are used for fractional dollar amounts as U.S. coins are not in circulation. The symbol is encoded in Unicode at . Popular belief suggests that the name of the currency comes from the Mekong river fish, the riel ("small fish" in Khmer). It is more likely that the name derives from the high silver content Mexican real used by Malay, Indian and Chinese merchants in mid-19th-century Cambodia. ==First riel, 1953-1975== In 1953, the Cambodia branch of the ''Institut d'Émission des États du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam'' issued notes dual denominated in piastre and riel with the riel being at par with the piastre.〔(A Brief History of Cambodian Currency )〕 At the same time, the two other branches of the ''Institut'' had similar arrangements with the đồng in South Vietnam and the kip in Laos. The piastre itself was derived from Spanish pieces of eight (pesos). The riel was at first subdivided into 100 ''centimes'' (abbreviated to cent. on the coins) but this changed in 1959 to 100 ''sen'' (). For the first few years, the riel and piastre circulated alongside each other. Indeed, the first riel banknotes were also denominated in piastres. * First issue, 1955–56: 1 riel, 5 riels, 10 riels, 50 riels. * Second issue, 1956: 1 riel, 20 riels, 50 riels, 100 riels, 500 riels. * Third issue, 1963: 5 riels, 10 riels, 100 riels. * Fourth issue, 1972: 100 riels *, 500 riels, 1,000 riels *, 5,000 riels *.〔Cambodian Currency Collection (Cambodian Currency Collection )〕 ( * ''Unissued.'') 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cambodian riel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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