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500 Kip Panthera Tigris f15
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao P.D.R. |
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| Year | 2022 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a highly detailed rendering of That Luang (Pha That Luang), the iconic gilded Buddhist stupa of Vientiane, depicted in a fine engraved style with its characteristic tiered spires, ornamental finials, and elaborate gatehouse facade flanked by lamp posts. A beaded inner border frames the design. The legend BANK OF THE LAO PDR arcs along the upper periphery, with the weight specification 20g to the left and the silver fineness Ag 999 to the right. The denomination 500 KIP appears in bold letters along the lower border. |
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| Reverse description | The central device presents a powerful, highly detailed portrait of a roaring Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris) in three-quarter view, occupying the majority of the field with finely engraved fur texture, prominent whiskers, and open jaws displaying the animal's teeth and tongue in a dramatic display. The f15 mint mark appears within a circular logotype in the lower central field. The species name PANTHERA TIGRIS arcs along the upper left periphery, while .999 SILVER descends along the right border. The date 2022, flanked by two raised dots, is inscribed along the lower border. |
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Laos has no wild tiger population. The species was declared functionally extinct in the country sometime around 2013–2014, making this a conservation-themed issue for an animal the issuing nation can no longer claim. The broader Mekong region lost an estimated 95% of its Indochinese tiger population over the twentieth century, driven by habitat fragmentation and poaching for the traditional medicine trade — a trade historically active inside Laos itself.