Laos 1952 50 cents

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was struck for Laos by the Paris mint, which issued this type along with an aluminum ten cents and twenty cents. Laos was incorporated into French Indochina in the late nineteenth century and was reformed as a kingdom after World War II. Revolutionary forces within the country and French and US regional interests kept it from true independence. A Communist revolution through the 1950's and 1960's ended with the establishment of the People's Democratic Republic in 1975.

Recorded mintage: 1,400,000.

Specification: 3.84 g, aluminum, 31 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM 6.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• 1952 10 cents
• 1952 20 cents
• Coins and currency dated 1952