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| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Weight | 16.85 g |
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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 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is a richly decorated commemorative design devoted to the theme of love, divided between a darkened left field and a polished right field. At the upper left, a winged Cupid figure is shown drawing a bow, surrounded by the word 'LOVE' at the top and multiple translations of the word 'love' in various languages and scripts radiating across the entire field, including 'Любовь' (Russian Cyrillic), 'Кахання' (Belarusian Cyrillic), 'Elsker', 'ARMASTUS', 'AMOR', 'elska', 'älskar', 'Milovat', 'AMORE', 'Liebe', 'Amare', and 'Amour'. At center right, a large red enameled heart with a smaller heart cutout is prominently applied in relief. In the lower center, a sculpted couple embraces in a romantic pose. The rim is decorated with a continuous border of raised beads. |
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