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100 000 Kip - Savang Vatthana Buddha
| Issuer | Banque Nationale du Laos |
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| Year | 1975 |
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| Value | 100 000 Kip |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing effigy of King Savang Vatthana in military uniform with decorated collar and epaulettes. Beneath the portrait, the royal emblem of the Three Elephants under a parasol is depicted in relief. A Lao script legend arcs along the left periphery, while the French legend ROYAUME DU LAOS arcs along the right side of the field. |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Lao |
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This issue commemorates Savang Vatthana, the last king of Laos, in the same year the Pathet Lao abolished the monarchy entirely. He abdicated in December 1975 under direct pressure from the new communist government, and was subsequently detained — along with the crown prince — in a re-education camp in Viengxay province, where he is believed to have died sometime in the early 1980s. The Banque Nationale du Laos that struck this coin ceased to exist in the same political upheaval.