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10 Kip Prussia Magnetic
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Weight | 12.7 g |
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| Obverse lettering | THE LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 10 KIP ສັນຕິພາບ ເອກະລາດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ເອກະພາບ ວັດຖະນາຖາວອນ |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Laos issued a series of foreign-themed commemoratives in the late 1980s aimed squarely at the Western collector market — revenue generation dressed as numismatics. The "Prussia Magnetic" designation distinguishes this from a nearly identical non-magnetic copper-nickel strike of the same type, a production inconsistency that suggests mixed alloy batches rather than any deliberate mint decision.
These were never intended for domestic circulation in a country where the kip's purchasing power made a 10-kip coin essentially symbolic.