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40 000 Kip - Savang Vatthana Coronation
| Issuer | Laos |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Value | 40 000 Kip |
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| Obverse lettering | COURONNEMENT DE S.M. SRI SAVANG VATTHANA 1971 (Translation: Coronation of His Majesty Sisavang Vatthana) |
| Reverse description | Central composition featuring a radiant sun above a stylized statue or stupa, flanked symmetrically by facing elephant heads with ceremonial lamps, all contained within a circular border. The design is executed in high relief with intricate decorative detail, reflecting traditional Lao royal iconography. The outer legend incorporates both Lao script and French text identifying the issuing kingdom, with the denomination expressed in both Lao and Latin numerals. |
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Savang Vatthana's coronation in 1959 was delayed for years following his father Sisavang Vong's death in 1959 — the timing considered inauspicious amid mounting civil conflict between the Royal Lao Government and the Pathet Lao. This gold issue, struck in 1971, commemorates that coronation over a decade after the fact, by which point the kingdom was already in serious jeopardy. Savang Vatthana would prove to be Laos's last monarch; the Pathet Lao abolished the monarchy in 1975 and placed him under house arrest, where he died in a re-education camp sometime around 1978.