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15 000 Kip Black crested gibbon
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao P.D.R. |
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| Year | 2004 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse description | A black gibbon (Nomascus concolor) seated in three-quarter view occupies the central field, rendered in fine relief against a holographic sunburst background of radiating cross-hatched lines. A rectangular cartouche bearing the Chinese characters for 'black crested gibbon' (黑长臂猿) appears to the left in the field. The legend WORLD ENDANGERED WILDLIFE arcs along the upper periphery, while BLACK GIBBON • 15,000 Kip is inscribed along the lower border. The inscription 999 FINE SILVER appears vertically along the right inner border. |
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| Reverse lettering | WORLD ENDANGERED WILDLIFE BLACK GIBBON • 15,000 Kip 999 FINE SILVER 黑长臂猿 |
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Laos issued this coin as part of a broader wave of wildlife-themed silver pieces produced primarily for the collector export market during the early 2000s — coins that rarely if ever circulated domestically. The northern white-cheeked gibbon (Nomascus leucogenys), native to the forests of northern Laos and Vietnam, was already under severe pressure from habitat loss and the bushmeat trade by the time this coin was struck.
The IUCN listed the species as Critically Endangered within a decade of this issue's minting date.