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50 000 Kip
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 2004 |
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| Printer | Giesecke & Devrient, Munich |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of President Kaysone Phomvihane at center-right against a fine guilloche underprint, flanked by the national coat of arms at left and a vignette of the Pha That Luang stupa in Vientiane at right. Lao-script inscriptions appear above and below the central design, with denomination numerals in the upper left corner. |
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| Reverse lettering | ທະນາຄານແຫ່ງ ສປປລາວ ຫ້າສິບພັນກີບ 50000 |
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The Bank of the Lao PDR introduced this denomination as part of a broader effort to reduce the volume of notes required for everyday transactions — by 2004, chronic inflation since the late 1990s had pushed the kip so low that even modest purchases required thick stacks of smaller bills. A 50,000 kip note was a practical necessity, not a prestige issue.
Giesecke & Devrient had supplied Lao banknotes for years prior, and the security specification here — watermark and thread — reflects the modest but functional package typical of the series at this print run level.