Khmer Riel 1979

Here is a note valued at .1 or 1/10th of a Riel, or 1 Kak, and dated 1979. The note is olive-green on light blue underprint. The obverse features the national coat of arms in the center. The reverse depicts a group of water buffalos.





This 1979 dated note is valued at 1/5th or .2 Riel, or 2 Kak. The note is grayish green on tan underprint. The obverse shows the national coat fo arms in the center. The reverse depicts a rice field with workers. 





This note is dated 1979 and valued at 1/2 Riel, or 5 Kak. The note is red-orange on tana nd gray underprint. The obverse depicts the national coat of arms to the left and a passenger train to the right. The reverse shows fishermen employing nets to catch fish.




Here is a 1 Riel note dated 1979. The note is brown on yellow and multicolored underprint. The obverse depicts the coat of amrs amid an intricate design. The reverse depicts a rice field with some women harvesting the crop.




Here is a 1979 note valued at 50 Riel. The note is deep red on yellow-green and multicolored underprint. The obverse features the coat of arms to the left and on the right the Bayon Stone Head (which is a well-known and richly decorated Khmer temple at Angkor in Cambodia. Built in the late 12th century or early 13th century as the official state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII). The reverse depicts Angkor Wat - Angkor Wat is a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city. This note has a watermark of the coat of arms.