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| Issuer | Laos |
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| Year | 2012 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Additional information |
Laos has no footballing connection to the 2014 FIFA World Cup — the national team has never qualified for the tournament — making this a purely commercial issue produced for the collector market rather than any expression of national participation. These coins were licensed and struck specifically for export sale, a practice the Lao PDR mint has pursued repeatedly to generate hard currency revenue.
The two-year gap between strike date and the event it commemorates is unremarkable for this type of issue; distributors routinely pre-position inventory ahead of major tournaments.