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50 000 Kip Saint Matrona
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 2017 |
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| Composition | Silver (.925) |
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| Obverse description | Central design depicts a color applied iconic portrait of Saint Matrona of Moscow in full-face orientation, shown in a teal-green robe and white head covering, hands raised in prayer before her chest, rendered in the traditional Orthodox iconographic style. The saint's image is framed by an elaborate pierced and enameled mandorla-like border composed of repeating floral and foliate motifs in black and silver, lending the coin a distinctly devotional aesthetic. Flanking the central figure within the decorative border are Cyrillic inscriptions identifying the saint. The overall composition closely follows classical Russian Orthodox icon painting conventions. |
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| Obverse lettering | СВ. МЦА МАТРОНА |
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Saint Matrona of Moscow — born blind in 1885 in the Tula region — became one of the Russian Orthodox Church's most venerated modern saints, officially canonized only in 1999. The Lao PDR's issuance of a coin in her honor reflects the broader market for orthodox-themed silver bullion struck by sovereign mints and issuing authorities with no direct cultural connection to the subject, a practice that accelerated sharply after 2010 as collector demand outpaced the supply of topically relevant issuers. Her Moscow shrine reportedly receives more daily visitors than Lenin's Mausoleum.