50 Kip Summer Olympics - Water Polo, Unfrosted water

The KM#36.2 designation distinguishes this as the unfrosted variant — the frosted version (KM#36.1) received the cameo proof treatment standard to most contemporary Lao commemoratives, making the flat-field unfrosted strike the scarcer production choice. Laos issued a series of Olympic-themed silver pieces in 1989 despite having no meaningful participation history in the Games at that point, the coins produced primarily for the international collector market rather than domestic circulation.