Catalog
50 Kip
| Issuer | Banque Nationale du Laos |
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| Year | 1957-1962 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse description | Lao script inscriptions frame a central vignette of the National Assembly building in Vientiane, flanked by ornate lintels with deity figures in traditional Lao temple-relief style. The Erawan three-headed elephant coat of arms appears within the composition, surrounded by intricate guilloche underprint work. Denomination numerals are positioned in the corners against a fine lathe-work border. |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of a mahout astride a working elephant hauling timber logs in a forested landscape, rendered in fine line engraving against a distant mountain horizon. The issuer title BANQUE NATIONALE DU LAOS runs in a banner across the top, with denomination numeral 50 repeated in all four corners within rosette cartouches. At the foot of the note, the anti-counterfeiting legend LE CONTREFACTEUR SERA PUNI CONFORMÉMENT À LA LOI appears above the value inscription CINQUANTE KIP, all printed in orange-red on a Lao decorative side-border surround. |
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| Variants | P#5a - with planchettes P#5b - without planchettes |
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