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50 000 Kip Success is in your hands
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Currency | Lao PDR Kip (1979-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a richly colored allegorical composition on a black lacquered field evoking themes of commerce, industry, and prosperity. At the left, a classical male figure — Mercury or a Hermes-like deity — is seated, holding a caduceus, symbolizing trade and financial success. In the foreground, color-applied gold bars are stacked to the left, and gilded gold coins are piled to the right. A terrestrial globe occupies the center-right of the composition, flanked by an industrial refinery complex rendered in the background. Financial chart motifs (line and bar graphs) appear in the upper field, reinforcing the theme of economic achievement. The Cyrillic legend 'УСПЕХ В ТВОИХ РУКАХ' ('Success is in your hands') arcs prominently along the upper periphery. |
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| Reverse lettering | УСПЕХ В ТВОИХ РУКАХ |
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Laos has issued commemorative silver in modest but consistent runs since the 1990s, typically through arrangements with foreign minting houses — this piece almost certainly struck in Europe rather than domestically, as the Lao PDR operates no facility capable of producing .925 silver commemoratives to this specification. The 50,000 kip face value is purely nominal; at current exchange rates it represents roughly three US dollars against a silver melt value many times that.