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| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Weight | 2.83 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Silver Coins Limited (SCL) |
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Part of a broad wave of Laotian wildlife-themed bullion issues produced for the international collector market rather than domestic circulation. Laos has become a prolific issuer of small-format silver coins through arrangements with European minting houses — this piece was almost certainly produced by a contracted facility outside the country, a common arrangement for Pacific Rim nations whose own minting infrastructure cannot economically serve low-mintage collector programs.
At 2.83 g, the silver content is nominal rather than investment-grade, placing this squarely in the souvenir or topical collecting category.