Cambodian tical
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Prior to the year 1875, the tical was the currency of Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

 as well as Siam. However, as a result of French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 intervention in the region, the tical in Cambodia was replaced in 1875 by the Cambodian franc
Cambodian franc
The franc was the currency of Cambodia between 1875 and 1885. It was equal to the French franc and was similarly subdivided into 100 centimes. It circulated alongside the piastre with 1 piastre = 5.37 francs. It replaced the tical and was replaced by the piastre...

. The term tical was the name which foreigners used for the local word Baht. The word Baht actually referred to a weight in relation to a weight of silver, since the monetary system was based on the weight of silver coins. The tical (or baht) was a silver
Silver
Silver is a metallic chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal...

 coin weighing 15 grams, hence giving it a rough similarity in value to the Indian rupee. The tical was subdivided into 64 att, 32 pe, 8 fuang or 4 salong.

Coins

In 1847 and 1848, coins were issued in denominations of 1 att, 1 and 2 pe, 1 fuang, ¼, 1 and 4 tical. The 1 att was struck in copper, the 1 and 2 pe were struck in both copper and billon
Billon (alloy)
Billon is an alloy of a precious metal with a majority base metal content . It is used chiefly for making coins, medals, and token coins.The word comes from the French bille....

, the 1 fuang was struck in copper, billon and silver, whilst the ¼, 1 and 4 tical were struck in silver. Many of the smaller coins were uniface.

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