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500 Kip
| Issuer | Pathet Lao Government |
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| Year | 1968-1979 |
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| Size | 168 × 84 mm |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette illustrates a military scene with soldiers manning rifles and anti-aircraft guns engaging fighter jets above the Plain of Jars in Xieng Khouang province. The Pha That Luang stupa of Vientiane appears within the composition alongside Lao script inscriptions and the denomination. The design combines nationalist and military imagery typical of the Pathet Lao series. |
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| Protection description | Pha That Luang stupa watermark repeated throughout the entire note. |
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| Comments |
The Pathet Lao Government issued its own parallel currency from the liberated zones it controlled in northern and eastern Laos during the prolonged conflict with the Royal Lao Government — these notes circulated in territory outside Vientiane's reach entirely. The series predates the 1975 Pathet Lao takeover and represents a wartime administrative currency, not a central bank product.
The printing date field in your data almost certainly contains an entry error — 30 April 1945 is impossible for a Pathet Lao issue, as the movement did not exist until after World War II.