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5000 Kip Rhino
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 2004 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse lettering | THE LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC 2004 |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Laos has no native rhinoceros population and never has, which makes the subject choice here a straightforward play for the international wildlife collector market rather than anything rooted in national fauna. The Bank of the Lao PDR issued a series of similarly small-format gold pieces in this period specifically targeting that trade.
At 0.30 g, the striking tolerances are unforgiving — dies wear quickly on pieces this small, and edge definition is the first casualty.