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1/4 Lat 1/4 Tamlung
| Issuer | Lan Xang, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 1353-1571 |
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| Value | 1/4 Lat |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1353-1571) |
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Lan Xang — "Land of a Million Elephants" — was founded by Fa Ngum in 1353 after he unified the Lao principalities with Khmer military backing. These bullet-style silver pieces circulated across a landlocked kingdom that controlled critical overland trade routes between China, Siam, and Vietnam for over two centuries. The monetary system was weight-based, calibrated to the tamlung and its fractions, functioning simultaneously as currency and as a store of value acceptable across regional borders regardless of issuing authority.
The kingdom fragmented in 1571 following succession disputes and Burmese military pressure, ending centralized production of this type.