Laos

Laos 20000 Kip 2011 UNC
Front: President Kaysone Phomvihane, Haw Pra Keaw (Ho Phra Keo)
Back: Hydroelectric dam

Haw Phra Kaew was built between 1565 and 1556, on the orders of King Setthathirath. The temple housed the Emerald Buddha figurine, which Setthathirath had brought from Chiang Mai, then the capital of Lanna, to Luang Prabang. When Vientiane was seized by Siam (now Thailand) in 1778, the figurine was taken to Thonburi and the temple was destroyed. After it was rebuilt by King Annouvong of Vientiane in the 19th century, it was again destroyed by Siamese forces when King Annouvong rebelled against Siam in an attempt to regain full independence. The revered Buddha now resides in Wat Phra Kaew, Bangkok. The temple was rebuilt for a third time by the French in the 1920's, during colonization of French Indochina.

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Laos 5000 Kip 1997 UNC
Front: President Kaysone Phomvihane, Pha That Luang
Back: Cement factory in Vang Vieng

Laos

Laos 2000 Kip 2003 UNC
Front: President Kaysone Phomvihane, Pha That Luang
Back: Hydroelectric dam

Phomvihane was born Nguyen Cai Song to a Vietnamese father, Nguyen Tri Loan, and a Laotian mother Nang Dok. Nguyen Cai Song had two sisters Nang Souvanthong living in Thailand and Nang Kongmany in USA. He was born in Na Seng village, Khanthabouli district now Kaysone Phomvihane District, Savannakhet Province, Laos. Read more

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Laos 1000 Kip 2003 UNC
Front: Three women; Pha That Luang
Back: Cattle grazing

Most important national monument in Laos and a national symbol. It establishment to be in the 3rd century. Gold-covered large Buddhist stupa on the eastern outskirts of Vientiane, Laos. Read more

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Laos 1 Kip 1979 VG
Front: Militancy
Back: In school environment

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Laos 1 Kip 1957 VG

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Lao People's Democratic Republic Banknotes
Laos 1 Kip 1980 UNC
Front: Scene of the Lao military unit formed up of various ethnic groups in Laos.
Back: Scene of the school children in the classroom

Laos

Laos 5 Kip 1980 UNC
Front: Scene of the government shop.
Back: Scene of the elephants are used extensively in rural industry especially for logging.

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Laos 10 Kip 1980 UNC
Front: Scene of the wood logging factory
Back: Scene of the nurse with mother and child

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Laos 20 Kip 1980 UNC
Front: Scene of Lao troops with a tank and a speed boat patrolling the Mekong river's bank which is the frontier of Laos and Thailand
Back: Scene of the textile mill in Laos

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Laos 50 Kip 1980 UNC
Front: Scene of the farmers traditionally ploughing the rice field and transplanting the rice seedlings in the watered paddies.
Back: View of Nam Ngum Dam, the hydro-electic power-station located about 80 Km north of Vientiane the capital of Laos.

Laos

Laos 100 Kip 1980 UNC
Front: Scene of the traditional rice harvest contrasted with the scene of mechanized harvest using machines to cut the rice plants and to sift the rice.
Back: View of a bridge and a soldier guarding a factory

Laos

Laos 500 Kip 1988 UNC
Front: Variety of scenes of the mechanized agriculture activities in Laos representing a hydro-electric irrigation Dam, organized co-operative farming using ploughing tractors to cultivate the terraced field.
Back: Scenes of the coffee harvest in Boliven Plateau in southern Laos

Laos

Laos 1000 Kip 2003 UNC
Front: Portrait of Lao women in traditional costumes the first woman represent from Lao Soung (Mountaintops), second from LaoLoum (Lowlands) and third from Lao Theung (Hills). and Pha That Luang
Back: Scenes of the animal husbandry contain numerous head of cattle grazing.

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Laos 1000 Kip 2008 UNC
Front: Portrait of Lao women in traditional costumes the first woman represent from Lao Soung (Mountaintops), second from LaoLoum (Lowlands) and third from Lao Theung (Hills). Pha That Luang
Back: Cattle grazing

Pha That Luang in Vientiane, the national symbol of Laos
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