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20 Kip
| Issuer | Banque Nationale du Laos |
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| Year | 1963-1976 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of King Sisavang Vatthana in military uniform at left-center, set against an orange-tinted vignette of a Lao temple with palm trees to the right. Intricate side borders carry standing Apsara figures in traditional Lao artistic style, with denomination numerals in all four corners. Two facsimile signature panels — Un Censeur and Le Gouverneur — appear above the central vignette, with Lao script legends at top and bottom. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a traditional Lao Buddhist temple (wat) rendered in fine intaglio engraving, surrounded by tropical palms and foliage to the right of center, with the watermark oval to the left. Flanking side borders repeat the standing Apsara guardian figures within ornate decorative frames. The denomination '20' appears at lower left and right corners, with the bank name in bold letterpress across the top and an anti-counterfeiting warning in French along the lower border. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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