Cambodia Riel or US $

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Re: Cambodia Riel or US $

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i have zero problem with 50,000 an use them everywhere
its only $12.50
i hate carrying 500, 1,000, 2,000, 5,000 notes an use them as fast as i can
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phuketrichard wrote: Mon Oct 10, 2022 11:21 am i have zero problem with 50,000 an use them everywhere
its only $12.50
i hate carrying 500, 1,000, 2,000, 5,000 notes an use them as fast as i can
Yeah. Going out for some drinks and food I figure carrying around 8-10 50,000 riel notes would be no different than carrying around 5-6 $20 notes.
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The 50,000 bill is tough on my local street vendors here. I prefer to have exact change and appreciate having all the notes available for drinks, gas etc.. Same thing with tuk-tuk drivers who rarely have much change to offer.
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Kenr wrote: Mon Oct 10, 2022 11:27 am
phuketrichard wrote: Mon Oct 10, 2022 11:21 am i have zero problem with 50,000 an use them everywhere
its only $12.50
i hate carrying 500, 1,000, 2,000, 5,000 notes an use them as fast as i can
Yeah. Going out for some drinks and food I figure carrying around 8-10 50,000 riel notes would be no different than carrying around 5-6 $20 notes.
Except the 50k riel notes will not be refused if dirty, torn, etc etc etc
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Re: Cambodia Riel or US $

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Kenr wrote: Mon Oct 10, 2022 10:03 am Is the 50,000 riel common? Haven’t heard anyone mention it yet.
By default the ACLEDA ATM will give you 50k notes in this province. Now there's only one machine (out of 4 or 5) they will fill up with 20k notes. 10k is obsolete now in the ATM's here, so more and more common every day I guess.
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Kammekor wrote: Mon Oct 10, 2022 11:41 am
Kenr wrote: Mon Oct 10, 2022 10:03 am Is the 50,000 riel common? Haven’t heard anyone mention it yet.
By default the ACLEDA ATM will give you 50k notes in this province. Now there's only one machine (out of 4 or 5) they will fill up with 20k notes. 10k is obsolete now in the ATM's here, so more and more common every day I guess.
It is my understanding that if using a foreign debit card at an ATM machine you cannot withdraw riel, is that correct?

I was just going to, well try to, do over-the-counter debit withdrawals, or just do ATM withdrawals at the bank and convert there.
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If a place prices in $ and works on the rate of 4000 riel to the $ then I would pay in Riel. I withdraw Riel at Canadia's ATM's from my $ account there, rate of 4125 today and no fees.
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