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| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Currency | Lao PDR Kip (1979-date) |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette presents an aerial panoramic view of a riverside town and valley landscape rendered in intaglio in brown and green tones, framed by a vertical band of traditional Lao decorative border ornaments. The denomination numeral '100000' appears in large stylized figures at upper left and lower right, with the year '2020' printed in orange at lower left. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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| Comments |
The 100,000 Kip, introduced in 2020, is the highest denomination ever issued by the Bank of the Lao PDR — a reflection of cumulative inflation that has steadily eroded lower notes' purchasing power over the preceding two decades. Goznak's involvement is unsurprising; the Moscow printing house has supplied banknotes to several Southeast and Central Asian states whose governments prefer a non-Western supplier with competitive pricing and tight discretion.
The security specification here is notably lean for a high-denomination note — watermark and a single security thread without the foil patches or color-shifting inks common on comparable notes from neighboring central banks.