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50 000 Kip Love
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a detailed relief depiction of Pha That Luang (That Luang Stupa), the iconic golden Buddhist stupa of Vientiane, rendered across the lower half of the field. The architectural complex is shown with its surrounding wall, spires, and entrance gate in fine detail against a highly polished mirror field. The legend 'Bank of the LAO PDR' curves along the upper left, while 'Ag 925' appears at the left and '15.55 г' at the right, indicating the silver fineness and weight. The denomination '50000 Kip' is inscribed at the bottom center, with the date '2017' below, flanked by decorative dots. |
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| Obverse lettering | Ag 925 Bank of the LAO PDR 15.55г 50 000 Kip 2017 |
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Laos has issued a steady stream of silver commemoratives since the 1990s, largely targeted at the European collector market through distribution arrangements with foreign minting agencies — few of these pieces ever circulate domestically or hold meaningful cultural traction within Laos itself. The "Love" designation places this squarely in a genre of generic thematic issues produced for the gift and novelty collector segment rather than numismatic depth.
KM# 137 has thin documentation in standard references. Nothing about its production history distinguishes it from dozens of comparable issues in the series.