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500 Kip Panthera Tigris
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 2020 |
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| Currency | Lao PDR Kip (1979-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF THE LAO PDR 500 KIP |
| Reverse description | Central device features a bold, stylized depiction of a Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) in a dynamic striding pose, rendered in frosted relief against a deeply mirrored field, with characteristic striping delineated in sharp incuse lines. The legend SILVER COINS LIMITED arcs along the upper periphery, with the species name PANTHERA TIGRIS inscribed immediately below in a secondary arc. The weight designation 1/10 OUNCE appears along the lower left field and FINE SILVER .999 along the lower right field, both in upright Latin lettering. The date 2020 is inscribed at the bottom of the coin within the beaded border. |
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Laos has no wild tiger population of its own — the last confirmed sightings of Indochinese tigers within its borders date to the early 2000s, and the subspecies is now functionally extinct in the country. This coin was issued under the convention-driven wildlife series format that the Bank of the Lao PDR has produced largely for the collector export market, with virtually no domestic circulation intended.
At 3.11 g of .999 silver, the piece corresponds to a tenth-ounce bullion fractional format increasingly used by smaller issuing authorities to keep face-value coins accessible to international buyers.