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2000 Kip Pygathrix Nemaeus
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao P.D.R. |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Currency | Lao PDR Kip (1979-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | THE LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 2000 KIP |
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The douc langur (*Pygathrix nemaeus*) featured on this issue was already under severe pressure by 2001, with populations across Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia decimated by the Vietnam War — U.S. defoliation campaigns destroyed vast stretches of its forest habitat, and the species was heavily hunted by all sides for food during the conflict. Laos produced several small-denomination gold wildlife issues in this period targeting the collector market, with mintages kept deliberately low to sustain demand.