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1000 Kip
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 1998-2020 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of three women in traditional Lao dress flanked by the national coat of arms at left and the That Luang stupa of Vientiane at right, set against a multicolour guilloche underprint. Denomination numerals appear in each corner, with Lao-script inscriptions identifying the republic above and the value below. |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of water buffalo grazing in a pastoral landscape with rice paddies and electricity transmission towers visible in the background, framed by ornate guilloche rosettes at left and right. The bank name in Lao script runs along a decorative banner at the top, with denomination numerals in each corner and a Lao-script value word at lower right. |
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Pick 32A had an unusually long run for a Lao issue — over two decades without a design replacement, which reflects both the denomination's workhorse role in everyday transactions and the Bank of the Lao PDR's conservative approach to series management during a period of sustained but cautious economic reform. The 1000 Kip sat below the threshold where sophisticated counterfeiting became economically attractive, which partly explains the minimal security specification: watermark only, no metallic thread.
Cotton substrate was standard across the series, sourced in line with regional central bank procurement norms of the late 1990s.