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70 000 Kip Money Tree
| Issuer | Bank of the Lao PDR |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Diameter | 39 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a stylized money tree growing from a mounded pile of gold coins rendered in gold-plated relief. The tree displays a broad, finely detailed canopy with raised branch work, while select leaves are highlighted with vivid green enamel inlay, creating a striking polychrome effect against the mirror-proof field. The Cyrillic legend 'ДЕНЕЖНОЕ ДЕРЕВО' is inscribed vertically along the left and right borders of the field respectively, reading as a continuous arc. Below the central design, the inscription 'ТАЛИСМАН УДАЧИ' (Talisman of Luck) is engraved in two lines across the lower exergue on a flat panel. |
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The "money tree" — ต้นกัลปพฤกษ์ in the broader Theravada Buddhist tradition — is a ritual object constructed during the boun pha wet festival, where offerings are hung from bamboo branches to accumulate merit. Laos adopted the image partly as cultural patrimony and partly because the National Museum in Vientiane holds examples recovered from royal Lao ceremonial use. The 70,000 kip face value, set well below the coin's intrinsic and collector worth, follows the Bank of Lao PDR's consistent practice with its commemorative bullion program.