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50 000 Kip Year of the Dragon
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a richly colored depiction of a coiled Eastern dragon rendered in silver, green, and red enamel against a jet-black field, its sinuous body curling dynamically across the design. Behind the dragon's head rises a large golden disc bearing the Chinese character 龍 (dragon) in relief. The legend YEAR OF THE DRAGON arcs along the upper periphery in white Latin lettering, referencing the Chinese lunar zodiac cycle. |
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| Reverse lettering | YEAR OF THE DRAGON 龍 |
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Laos has issued lunar series coins with some regularity through the Bank of the Lao PDR, typically struck under contract by foreign mints — the country has no meaningful domestic precious metal minting infrastructure of its own. These pieces circulate almost exclusively in the international numismatic collector market, bearing no practical relationship to domestic Lao currency use, where the physical kip denomination at 50,000 units represents a modest but real sum in everyday commerce.