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50 Kip Overprint on 500 Kip
| Issuer | Pathet Lao Government |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Reference(s) | P#24A |
| Obverse description | Central vignette shows armed farmers harvesting rice in a paddy field, with a factory complex with smokestacks in the background and water buffalo in the foreground. Lao script inscriptions appear across the note, with the overprinted denomination value superimposed on the original 500 Kip design. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Pathet Lao 50 Kip overprint on the 500 Kip base note is a product of the immediate post-1975 monetary reorganization following the abolition of the Royal Lao Government. The new People's Democratic Republic needed circulating currency fast, and overprinting existing stock was the practical solution while a full replacement series was prepared.
The "Printed: 30.04.1945" field almost certainly reflects the date embedded in the original plate design — not the actual production date of these overprinted notes, which postdates 1975 by several years.