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10 000 Kip Golden Dragon Fish
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Value | 10 000 Kip |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of the Lao People's Democratic Republic are depicted in the central field, featuring the That Luang stupa set against a landscape, flanked by rice sheaves tied with a ribbon, and surmounted by a cogwheel at the base with a Lao-script legend on a scroll. The arms are rendered in fine relief against a polished field. The Latin legend 'THE LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC' arcs along the upper periphery, while the date '2001' appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse script | Lao, Latin |
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The golden dragon fish — known in Lao as ปลามังกร and across Southeast Asia as the arowana — carries enormous cultural weight in the region as a symbol of prosperity, making it a natural subject for commemorative bullion issues targeting the collector and gift markets of the early 2000s. Laos produced several small-format gold pieces during this period partly to generate hard currency revenue, as the kip had suffered a severe collapse between 1997 and 1999 in the wake of the Asian financial crisis, losing roughly 85% of its value against the dollar.