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15 000 Kip Black crested gibbon
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao P.D.R. |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Thickness | 2.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | The national emblem of the Lao People's Democratic Republic depicted in the centre of the field, comprising a stylised stupa (That Luang) flanked by rice sheaves tied with a ribbon at the base, above a cogwheel and a landscape featuring fields and a river, all enclosed within a wreath. The legend THE LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC arcs along the upper periphery in raised Latin lettering. The date 2004 appears in the lower field beneath the emblem. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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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.