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250 Kip Sergei Rachmaninoff
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao P.D.R. |
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| Year | 2014 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field features the national emblem of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, depicting Pha That Luang stupa framed by a wreath of rice stalks and tied with a ribbon, above a cogwheel and the rising sun. The legend THE LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC curves along the upper periphery in Latin script, while the denomination 250 KIP is inscribed in the lower field. The design is rendered in high relief against a mirror-polished proof field, with a beaded border encircling the entire obverse. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Laos has no meaningful historical connection to Rachmaninoff — this is straightforwardly a bullion-adjacent collector piece issued under a licensing arrangement that allows small nations to monetize foreign cultural figures. The Bank of the Lao P.D.R. has produced dozens of such issues, most sharing dies or blanks with coins issued simultaneously by other minor issuers under the same wholesale numismatic programs.
Rachmaninoff left Russia permanently in 1917 and died a U.S. citizen in 1943, having spent his final decades in exile largely unable to compose.