Laos 1971 4000 kip

Goldberg sale 84, lot 3620

This specimen was lot 3620 in Goldberg sale 84 (Los Angeles, January 2015), where it sold for $282. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Laos. 4000 Kip, 1971. King's Coronation. NGC graded Proof 68 Ultra Cameo." Laos was a large kingdom until the 1800's, when the surrounding countries took portions of its territory, and eventually the French incorporated it into French Indo-China. It was reformed as a kingdom after World War II, but revolutionary forces within the country and French and US regional interests kept it from true independence. A Communist insurgency through the 1950's and 1960's ended with formation of the People's Democratic Republic in 1975.

Recorded mintage: 10,000.

Specification: 4 g, 0.900 fine gold, .115 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM-9.

Source:

• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Aleeza Brown, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 84: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2014.
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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