Obverse: Text: ព្រះរាជឤណា ចក្រ កម្ពុជា = Kingdom of Cambodia; date in Buddhist and Western style: ព.ស.២៤៩៦.គ.ស.១៩៥៣ = B.E. 2496, A.D. 1953(*); (*) on the coins of 1959 the obverse and reverse dates mismatch; apparently, French engravers could not read Cambodian... Reverse: date; denomination; Text: ROYAUME DU CAMBODGE = Kingdom of Cambodia; No mintmark (Paris Mint); privy marks: cornucopia, wing (1953), owl (1959);