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| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Value | 500 Kip |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | OLYMPIC GAMES 2020 |
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| Additional information |
Laos has no Olympic tradition to speak of — the nation first competed at the Games in 1980 and has never won a medal — making this a purely commercial issue aimed at the collector market rather than any expression of national athletic achievement. The Bank of the Lao PDR has produced a consistent stream of licensed commemorative silver in this weight and fineness since the 1990s, nearly all of it destined for European and Asian coin dealers rather than domestic circulation.