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500 Kip Shwedagon Pagoda
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Value | 500 Kip |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | SHWEDAGON PAGODA 2022 ONE OUNCE FINE SILVER 999 |
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The Shwedagon Pagoda stands in Yangon, Myanmar — not Laos — making this an unusual choice for a Lao commemorative issue. Laos has a history of producing silver coins featuring regional Buddhist monuments and pilgrimage sites that cross national boundaries, reflecting the shared Theravada Buddhist heritage across mainland Southeast Asia. The pagoda itself reportedly houses eight strands of hair from the Gautama Buddha and has been continuously expanded and gilded for over six centuries.