Catalog
50 Kip
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 1979-1988 |
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| Size | 130 × 65 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | ອາທາລະນະລດ້ປະຊາທິປະໄຕປະຊາຊນົລາວ (Translation: Lao People`s Democratic Republic) |
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| Protection description | Hammer & sickle with star. |
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The 50 Kip P#29 belongs to the first generation of notes issued after the Pathet Lao established the Lao People's Democratic Republic in December 1975. The Bank of the Lao PDR replaced the Royal Bank and its currency in a deliberate sweep — old kip were exchanged at punitive rates designed to liquidate the holdings of the commercial and landowning class.
The long issue window of nearly a decade reflects chronic underprinting capacity and slow replacement cycles common to the period, not extended monetary stability.