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| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 2021 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Chinese |
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| Mintage | 2021 - Proof - 2,888 |
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Laos has issued commemorative lunar series coins largely for the export collector market since the 1990s, with virtually no domestic circulation intended. The Bank of the Lao PDR functions here essentially as a licensing arrangement — the coins are produced by external mints and distributed through European and Asian wholesale dealers rather than through any Lao banking infrastructure.
The 2021 issue date places this well after the actual Year of the Ox cycle it commemorates, a common practice in the modern bullion commemorative trade that can generate confusion in catalog dating.