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100 000 Kip President Souphanouvong
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao P.D.R. |
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| Year | 2009 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of President Souphanouvong in civilian attire with tie and state decorations on his chest, rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished field. Decorative traditional Lao flame motifs flank the lower portion of the portrait. A curved Lao-script legend arcs around the upper periphery identifying the Lao People's Democratic Republic, with the subject's name in Lao script below the bust. The inscription 'ລົບຮອບ 100 ປີ' (100th Anniversary) appears in the lower field alongside the subject's name 'ປະທານ ສຸພານຸວົງ'. |
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| Obverse lettering | ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ ປະທານ ສຸພານຸວົງ ລົບຮອບ 100 ປີ |
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Souphanouvong, often called the "Red Prince," was a French-educated Lao royal who allied with the Pathet Lao communist movement and became the first President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic after the 1975 revolution. His unusual biography — aristocratic birth, French civil engineering training, a Vietnamese wife who pulled him toward the communist resistance — made him a genuinely singular figure in Southeast Asian political history. He held the presidency until 1986, though real power had long rested elsewhere in the party.
The 7.78g weight places this squarely in the quarter-ounce gold format favored for affordable bullion-adjacent commemoratives in the late 2000s regional market.