B524 (PNL): 100,000 kip (US$12) Green, pink, yellow, orange, and brown. Front: Lao text; Kaysone Phomvihane; Wat That Luang stupa in Vientiane; coat of arms. Back: Lao text; Kaysone Phomvihane Museum with statue. Holographic windowed security thread with demetalized Lao denomination. Watermark: Kaysone Phomvihane and electrotype 100000. Printer: (Goznak). 152Read More…
B523 (PNL): 50,000 kip (US$5.85) Brown, pink, orange, red, and green. Front: Lao text; Kaysone Phomvihane; Wat That Luang stupa in Vientiane; coat of arms. Back: Lao text; Ho Kham (Government House) building in Vientiane. Holographic windowed security thread with demetalized Lao denomination. Watermark: Kaysone Phomvihane and electrotype 50000. Printer:Read More…
B522 (PNL): 20,000 kip (US$2.35) Brown and red. Front: Lao text; Kaysone Phomvihane; Xieng Thong temple; coat of arms;. Back: Lao text; Theun-Hinboun hydroelectric dam. Holographic security thread with demetalized Lao denomination. Watermark: Kaysone Phomvihane and electrotype 20000. Printer: (Unknown). 156 x 72 mm. Paper. a. 2020. No sig. PrefixRead More…
B521 (PNL): 10,000 kip (US$1.20) Blue. Front: Lao text; Kaysone Phomvihane; Wat That Luang stupa in Vientiane; coat of arms. Back: Lao text; Lao-Nippon bridge over the Mekong River in Pakse. Holographic security thread with demetalized Lao denomination. Watermark: Kaysone Phomvihane and electrotype 10000. Printer: (Unknown). 153 x 72 mm.Read More…
Like B511, but with new portrait engraving and new date. B520 (PNL): 5,000 kip (US$0.60) Brown. Front: Lao text; Kaysone Phomvihane; Wat That Luang stupa in Vientiane; coat of arms. Back: Lao text; cement factory. Solid security thread with demetalized 5000 and Lao text. Watermark: Wat That Luang stupa. Printer:Read More…
Like B507, but new coat of arms and new date. Prefix AA. Courtesy of Hartmut Fraunhoffer (Banknote-Online).Read More…
The Bank of the Lao P.D.R. issued a new 100,000-kip (US$12.50) note on 1 February 2012 to encourage the public to use the national currency instead of US dollars or Thai baht. The new note is printed by Goznak in Russia.Courtesy of Leszek Porowski and Dustin Roses.Read More…
According tp a report on J&C Expat Services dated 29 November 2011, the Bank of the Lao PDR has released a new 2,000-kip (US$0.25) note dated 2011, marking the 36th anniversary of the founding of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and the birthday of the late President Kaysone Phomvihane onRead More…
Today’s challenge is to identify the building which appears on the back of the old 20-kip note of Laos. If you can precisely identify the name and location of this building—or have a lead which you think might be useful—please post a comment, preferably including a URL which links toRead More…
On 15 November 2010, the Bank Of the Lao PDR introduced a new 100,000-kip (US$12.45) banknote and several coins to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the capital, Vientiane, and the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the Lao PDR. Further details are available in this press release, currently available inRead More…