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Laos
Capital: Vientiane (510,000)
Population: 6,368,481
Land Area: 236,800 sq km (91,429 sq miles)
Land Division: 16 Provinces
Currency: Kip (LAK)
Languages: Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages
National Day: December 2
Religions: Buddhist (60%), Animist and other 40% (including various Christian denominations 1.5%)
Ethnicity: Lao Loum (lowland) 68%, Lao Theung (upland) 22%, Lao Soung (highland) including the Hmong and the Yao 9%, ethnic Vietnamese/Chinese 1%

ລັດຖະບານລາວຟຣີ - Free Lao Government
1945 Currency Reform: 1 Free Kip = 1 French Indochinese Piastre = 100 At
ລາວອິດສະລະ - Lao Issara
ND(1945-46) Issue
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Laotian 50 Kip ND(1945-46): Front Laotian 50 At ND(1945-46): Reverse PA3e 50 At ND(1945-46) UNC Archive Photo Icon

1952 Currency Reform: 1 Royal Kip = 1 French Indochinese Piastre
ທະນາຄານແຫ່ງຊາດຂອງລາວ - Banque Nationale du Laos - National Bank of Laos
ND(1957) Issue
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Laotian 5 Kip ND(1957): Front Laotian 5 Kip ND(1957): Reverse P2b 5 Kip ND(1957) Sign.1 UNC Archive Photo Icon
Laotian 10 Kip ND(1957): Front Laotian 10 Kip ND(1957): Reverse P3b 10 Kip ND(1957) Sign.1 UNC- p/h Archive Photo Icon
Laotian 50 Kip ND(1957): Front Laotian 50 Kip ND(1957): Reverse P5b 50 Kip ND(1957) Sign.1 UNC Archive Photo Icon
Laotian 100 Kip ND(1957): Front Laotian 100 Kip ND(1957): Reverse P6a 100 Kip ND(1957) Sign.1 UNC €50.00

ND(1962) Issue
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Laotian 1 Kip ND(1962): Front Laotian 1 Kip ND(1962): Reverse P8a 1 Kip ND(1962) Sign.3 UNC €2.00
Laotian 1 Kip ND(1962): Front Laotian 1 Kip ND(1962): Reverse P8a 1 Kip ND(1962) Sign.4 UNC €1.50
Laotian 1 Kip ND(1962): Front Laotian 1 Kip ND(1962): Reverse P8s 1 Kip
[Specimen]
ND(1962) Sign.3 UNC Archive Photo Icon
Laotian 5 Kip ND(1962): Front Laotian 5 Kip ND(1962): Reverse P9b 5 Kip ND(1962) Sign.5 UNC €3.50
Laotian 10 Kip ND(1962): Front Laotian 10 Kip ND(1962): Reverse P10b 10 Kip ND(1962) Sign.5 UNC €5.00

ND(1963) Issue
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Laotian 20 Kip ND(1963): Front Laotian 20 Kip ND(1963): Reverse P11b 20 Kip ND(1963) Sign.6 UNC €5.00
Laotian 50 Kip ND(1963): Front Laotian 50 Kip ND(1963): Reverse P12a 50 Kip ND(1963) Sign.6 UNC €8.00
Laotian 200 Kip ND(1963): Front Laotian 200 Kip ND(1963): Reverse P13b 200 Kip ND(1963) Sign.6 UNC €10.00
Laotian 1,000 Kip ND(1963): Front Laotian 1,000 Kip ND(1963): Reverse P14b 1,000 Kip ND(1963) Sign.6 UNC €12.00

ND(1974-75) Issue
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Laotian 10 Kip ND(1974): Front Laotian 10 Kip ND(1974): Reverse P15a 10 Kip
[Not Issued]
ND(1974) Sign.6 UNC €35.00
Laotian 100 Kip ND(1974): Front Laotian 100 Kip ND(1974): Reverse P16a 100 Kip ND(1974) Sign.6 UNC €15.00
Laotian 500 Kip ND(1974): Front Laotian 500 Kip ND(1974): Reverse P17a 500 Kip ND(1974) Sign.6 UNC €20.00
Laotian 1,000 Kip ND(1974): Front Laotian 1,000 Kip ND(1974): Reverse P18a 1,000 Kip
[Not Issued]
ND(1974) Sign.6 UNC €50.00
State of Lao
Currency Reform: 1 Pathet Lao Kip = 20 Royal Kip
ປະເທດລາວ - Pathet Lao Government
ND(1975-79) Issue
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Laotian 10 Kip ND(1975-79): Front Laotian 10 Kip ND(1975-79): Reverse P20b 10 Kip ND(1975-79) UNC Archive Photo Icon
Laotian 20 Kip ND(1975-79): Front Laotian 20 Kip ND(1975-79): Reverse P21a 20 Kip ND(1975-79) UNC Archive Photo Icon
Laotian 20 Kip ND(1975-79): Front Laotian 20 Kip ND(1975-79): Reverse P21b 20 Kip ND(1975-79) UNC €3.00
Laotian 50 Kip ND(1975-79): Front Laotian 50 Kip ND(1975-79): Reverse P22a 50 Kip ND(1975-79) UNC €5.00
Laotian 100 Kip ND(1975-79): Front Laotian 100 Kip ND(1975-79): Reverse P23a 100 Kip ND(1975-79) UNC €12.50

Currency Reform: 1 PDR Kip = 100 Pathet Lao Kip
ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ - Bank of the Lao People's Democratic Republic
ND(1979-88) Issue
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Laotian 1 Kip ND(1979): Front Laotian 1 Kip ND(1979): Reverse P25a 1 Kip ND(1979) UNC €1.50
Laotian 5 Kip ND(1979): Front Laotian 5 Kip ND(1979): Reverse P26a 5 Kip ND(1979) UNC €2.00
Laotian 10 Kip ND(1979): Front Laotian 10 Kip ND(1979): Reverse P27a 10 Kip ND(1979) UNC €2.50
Laotian 20 Kip ND(1979): Front Laotian 20 Kip ND(1979): Reverse P28a 20 Kip ND(1979) UNC €3.00
Laotian 50 Kip ND(1979): Front Laotian 50 Kip ND(1979): Reverse P29a 50 Kip ND(1979) UNC €3.50
Laotian 100 Kip ND(1979): Front Laotian 100 Kip ND(1979): Reverse P30a 100 Kip ND(1979) UNC €4.50
Laotian 500 Kip (1988): Front Laotian 500 Kip (1988): Reverse P31a 500 Kip 1988 UNC €6.00
Laotian 500 Kip (1988): Front Laotian 500 Kip (1988): Reverse P31a 500 Kip 1988 AU €4.50

1992-2008 Issue
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Laotian 1,000 Kip (1995): Front Laotian 1,000 Kip (1995): Reverse P32c 1,000 Kip 1995 UNC €7.50



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