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Minted for the Royaume du Cambodge (Kingdom of CAMBODIA) and engraved by Lucien Georges Bazor at the Paris Mint, this ornate 10 Sen/Sén coin features a bird statue facing left. Coins featuring statues tend to depict a landmark statue located at a particular place. However, coin descriptions for the 1959-dated 10 Sen coin just note it as a "bird statue facing left." The armored bird does resemble Hong golden swan statues, which are even used for streetlights or lantern hangers in Cambodia's neighbor to the northwest: Thailand. Some traditional Khmer boats/canoes have bird heads at the bow. Were there once bird statues at Angkor Wat — a world-renown ancient Buddhist/Hindu temple near the city of Siem Reap — resembling this design? This could be possible as Angkor Wat and other Cambodian temples experienced far too many thefts. Fortunately, these coins remain in existence to display this stunningly stoic artwork.
Here are the approximate coin values corresponding to condition, according to the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation's World Coin Price Guide (↗): a Very Fine (VF) 20 coin is worth 10 cents USD, an Extra Fine (XF) 40 coin is worth 20 cents, a Mint State (MS) 60 coin is worth $1.00 USD, and a Mint State (MS) 63 coin is worth $1.50. I am not much of an experienced coin grader, but I believe my coin (pictured above) is possibly Mint State 60 to 62 — or even higher? Made of aluminum and weighing 1.3 grams, 1 million (1,000,000) coins were minted. The 10 Sen coin has a diameter of 23 millimeters.
100 Sen = 1 Riel (៛)
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