Catalog
100 Kip
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 1979-1988 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a central vignette of agricultural workers operating a grain threshing machine in a field, flanked by a stupa and temple structures amid palm trees, with electrical power towers visible in the composition. The national coat of arms of the Lao PDR appears on the note, with Lao-script inscriptions identifying the issuing state and denomination. The overall design reflects the socialist realist aesthetic characteristic of post-revolutionary Lao banknote issues. |
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| Reverse lettering | ທະນາຄານແຫ່ງ ສປປ ລາວ (Translation: Bank of the Lao PDR) |
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The 100 Kip P#30 belongs to the first proper banknote series issued under the Lao People's Democratic Republic following the 1975 communist takeover and the abolition of the Royal Lao Government's monetary system. The new regime initially relied on the kip libéré — a currency already circulating in Pathet Lao-controlled zones — before consolidating under the Bank of the Lao PDR and issuing a unified national series.
The extended date range of nearly a decade reflects low print volumes and slow absorption into an economy that remained heavily subsistence-based and partially dollarized along the Mekong corridor throughout the 1980s.