Catalog
100 Kip
| Issuer | Pathet Lao Government |
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| Year | 1968-1979 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | The central vignette illustrates a textile cooperative workshop with a group of women engaged in weaving and cloth production, framed by elaborate Lao architectural border ornaments. To the upper right, a detailed intaglio vignette of Wat That Luang stupa in Vientiane is set within a pointed arch cartouche. The denomination '100' appears at lower left and lower right in Arabic numerals, with Lao script inscription across the top margin and the value repeated in Lao script at the lower centre. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Pathet Lao issued this note in parallel with the Royal Lao Government's currency during a period of active civil conflict, creating a dual-currency situation that persisted through the 1970s. Pathet Lao notes circulated primarily in the liberated zones under communist control and were printed with Chinese assistance — a practical expression of the political alignment that would shape Laos after 1975.
Following the Pathet Lao's consolidation of power and the abolition of the monarchy in December 1975, these notes were eventually superseded by the unified kip of the Lao PDR.