Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
50 000 Kip Year of the Snake
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
|---|---|
| Year | 2025 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Lao PDR Kip (1979-date) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | 2025 ММД - Prooflike - 1,000 |
| Additional information |
Laos adopted the twelve-animal lunar cycle as a coinage theme relatively late compared to regional neighbors, but the Bank of the Lao PDR has issued lunar series pieces with some consistency since the 1990s. The Snake occupies the sixth position in the cycle and carries particular significance in Lao Buddhist tradition, where the nāga — a serpentine deity of rivers and rain — blurs the line between zodiacal symbol and cosmological guardian. Whether that resonance was deliberate on the part of the issuing authority is unclear, but it distinguishes Lao Snake issues from the more secular treatments common in East Asian mints.