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Laos banknotes
Laos paper money catalog and Laotian currency history

• A brief monetary history:
  • French Indochina currency, till 1954
  • Kip = (Fr.Indochina Piastre) = 100 At, 1954-1976
  • Kip = (20 old Kip) = 100 At, 1976-1979
  • Kip = (100 old Kip) = 100 At, from 1979

• For earlier issues see:
  • French Indochina, 1875-1954

• To purchase Laotian banknotes, please check our inventory :
  World banknotes countries A-Z

Pick #	Date
		Free Loa Government 1945-1946 (part of French Indochina till 1955)
A1-A4	(1945)	10, 20, 50 at, 1 kip
		Kingdom from 1955 (part of French Indochina till 1955)
1-6	(1957)	1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 kip
7	(1957)	500 kip; commemorative "2500 year of Baddish Era"
8-14	(1962)	1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 200, 1.000 kip
15-19	(1974)	10, 100, 500, 1.000, 5.000 kip
		Republic
19A-24	(197-)	1, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 kip
24A	(1979)	50 kip; overprinted 500 kip; not issued
25-30	(1979)	1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100 kip
31-38	1988-2004	500, 1.000, 2.000, 5.000, 10.000, 20.000, 50.000, 50.000 kip
39	2008	1.000 kip
40	2010	100.000 kip; commemorative "450 anniversary of Vientiane as capitol"
41-42	2011	2.000, 100.000 kip