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200 Kip - Sisavang Vatthana
| Issuer | Banque Nationale du Laos |
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| Year | 1963-1976 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of the Khon Phapheng waterfalls on the Mekong River, rendered with fine line engraving against a lush tropical foliage background in blue and green tones. The bank title BANQUE NATIONALE DU LAOS is inscribed in bold letterpress along the upper margin, with DEUX CENTS KIP at the lower centre. Ornate side panels bearing Apsara celestial figures, elephants, and mythological creatures form the left and right borders, while the anti-counterfeiting legend LE CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNI CONFORMÉMENT À LA LOI runs along the bottom margin. |
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Pick 13 spans an unusually long print window — the note was authorized under the Royal Lao Government but remained nominally current through years of escalating civil conflict, with the Pathet Lao's eventual takeover in 1975 abruptly ending the entire series. Thomas De La Rue printed the note in London, a common arrangement for Francophone states that had inherited French monetary infrastructure but lacked domestic print capacity after independence.
Sisavang Vatthana was the last king of Laos, abdicating in December 1975 under pressure from the new communist government. He died in a re-education camp, likely in 1978 — making notes bearing his name among the more historically charged pieces of Southeast Asian paper currency from the period.