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20 Att / 2 Hào / 2 Chiao
| Issuer | Pathet Lao (Free Lao Movement) |
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| Year | 1945-1946 |
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| Value | 20 Att (0.20) |
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| Obverse lettering | 2 hào 毛二 |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries a block of Lao script text arranged in multiple horizontal lines across the face of the note, with additional vertical Lao inscriptions along both side margins. The text constitutes the legal tender declaration and issuance authority statement, printed in letterpress on plain paper without ornamental borders or underprint. |
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| Comments |
The Pathet Lao issues of 1945–46 are among the earliest paper money attempts by any Indochinese independence movement, predating the formal establishment of the Pathet Lao as an organized political force by several years. This note circulated — to the extent it circulated at all — in zones of contested control during the chaotic period following Japan's surrender, when French authority had not yet been reasserted and multiple factions were issuing competing scrip.
The trilingual denomination — Lao, Vietnamese, and Chinese — reflects the messy political geography of the moment rather than any coherent monetary policy. Printing details remain poorly documented.