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5000 Kip St. Thomas Aquinas
| Issuer | Laos |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Weight | 15 g |
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| Obverse description | The national coat of arms of the Lao People's Democratic Republic occupies the central field, depicting That Luang stupa flanked by rice sheaves, forest, and a road, all enclosed within a wreath. A scroll at the base bears the country's name in Lao script. The Latin legend THE LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC curves along the upper periphery, while the denomination 5 000 KIP appears in the lower exergue. |
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| Obverse script | Lao, Latin |
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| Reverse description | A three-quarter-length portrait of St. Thomas Aquinas in his Dominican habit dominates the field, depicted wearing a capuce and holding an open book in his right arm, with a radiant sun emblem upon his chest. A church building with a tower rises in the lower left background. The legend THOMAS VON AQUIN is inscribed along the left periphery, with the birth and death years 1225 - 1274 arching along the upper right, and the mintage year 1999 appearing in the lower exergue. |
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