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50 Kip Endangered Wildlife
| Issuer | Laos |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Value | 50 Kip |
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| Obverse script | Latin/Lao |
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| Reverse description | A naturalistic scene depicting an adult tiger standing alert in three-quarter view at centre-right, its striped coat rendered in fine detail, with two playful cubs reclining in the foreground on a rocky outcrop. A stylised tropical forest with gnarled trees forms the background to the left. The date '1991' appears to the right of the adult tiger in the field. The curved legend 'ENDANGERED WILDLIFE' arcs along the upper periphery in Latin characters. |
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Part of a broader conservation-themed series issued by the Lao PDR in the early 1990s, these coins were produced primarily for the international collector market rather than domestic circulation — Laos lacked both the infrastructure and the foreign currency reserves to absorb commemorative silver domestically. The series coincided with growing international attention to Mekong basin biodiversity loss, though the connection was largely commercial rather than diplomatic.