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100 000 Kip
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 2011 |
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| Value | 100 000 Kip |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
| Protection description | Kaysone Phomvihane portrait watermark; embedded security thread |
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The 100,000 Kip was the highest denomination Laos had issued up to that point, introduced as the country's rapid economic growth — averaging around 8% annually through the late 2000s — pushed transaction values well beyond what lower denominations could efficiently handle. Unlike many high-denomination notes rushed out during inflationary emergencies, this one arrived under relatively stable monetary conditions.
Pick 42 carries a windowed security thread, a modest specification for a note of this face value, though entirely consistent with what the Bank of the Lao PDR deployed across the series at the time.