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50 Kip XXVII Olympiad
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 1996 |
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| Weight | 20 g |
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| Obverse lettering | THE LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC · 50 KIP · ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Issued to mark the Sydney 2000 Games while still dated 1996, this coin belongs to the wave of premature Olympic commemoratives that flooded the collector market throughout the mid-1990s — many issued by nations with no athletes competing and no meaningful connection to the host city. Laos sent no delegation to Sydney.
The Bank of the Lao PDR produced a significant number of themed silver issues during this period, largely through arrangements with European coin marketing firms that handled design, minting, and distribution entirely outside the country.