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1000 Kip Endangered Wildlife
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 1997 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of the Lao People's Democratic Republic depicted in high relief at centre, featuring That Luang stupa flanked by lush trees, set above rice paddies and a cogwheel, with a ribbon cartouche inscribed in Lao script below. A beaded inner border frames the design throughout. The curved legend 'THE LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC' arcs along the upper periphery, while the denomination '1000 KIP' appears in the lower field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Lao |
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Laos issued a series of silver wildlife coins through the 1990s primarily for the collector export market, with negligible domestic circulation — the 1000 kip face value was purely nominal against actual silver content. This piece falls within a broader Southeast Asian conservation coinage trend that peaked in the mid-1990s, largely driven by foreign bullion dealers contracting with smaller sovereign mints to produce legal-tender collector issues.
The Bank of the Lao PDR had limited independent minting infrastructure during this period; production was almost certainly handled by an external facility, most likely in Europe.