Catalog
2000 Kip
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 2011 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of President Kaysone Phomvihane at centre-left against a light blue guilloche underprint, with a vignette of Wat Xieng Thong temple at centre-right. The national coat of arms appears within a circular guilloche medallion at upper right, flanked by ornate traditional Lao decorative borders in teal and gold. The denomination numeral 2000 is printed in dark blue at lower right and in large numerals at left. |
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| Obverse lettering | ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ |
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The 2000 Kip denomination was introduced in 2003 as part of a broader effort to reduce the number of low-denomination notes required for everyday transactions — a persistent problem in Laos, where inflation had badly eroded purchasing power through the 1990s. Giesecke & Devrient's Leipzig facility has supplied the majority of Lao banknote production since the PDR's early currency series, making this a continuation of a long printing relationship rather than any exceptional commission.
The security package — watermark and thread only — is modest even by regional standards of the period.