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500 Kip Luang Prabang
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Composition | Gold (.585) |
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| Obverse description | The national arms of the Lao People's Democratic Republic depicted centrally, consisting of a stylised landscape featuring Pha That Luang stupa framed by a wreath of grain ears and a cogwheel at the base, all rendered in high relief against a plain field. The circular legend 'THE LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC' arcs around the upper periphery in Latin script. The denomination '500 KIP' appears in the lower field beneath the arms. |
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| Reverse lettering | LUANG PRABANG 2014 |
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Luang Prabang was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1995, recognizing the near-complete survival of its traditional urban fabric — a rarity in mainland Southeast Asia. This coin belongs to a pattern of small-denomination gold issues the Bank of the Lao PDR has used to mark culturally significant sites for collector markets, with production quantities kept extremely low to serve numismatic demand rather than general circulation.