Laos 1985 50 kip KM-25

Steve Album sale 54, part of lot 3645

This specimen was part of lot 3645 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $288. The catalog description^[1] noted, "LAOS: People's Democratic Republic, AR SET of 4 coins, 1985, 10th Anniversary of People's Democratic Republic, including KM-25-26-27-28, all 50 kip, mintage of only 2,000 sets, scarce, Choice Proof, ex Dr. Wolfgang Schuster Collection." These were struck at the Leningrad mint along with commemorative one, five, ten and twenty kip in copper-nickel (KM 37, 38, 39, 40, 41). Alas, neither the SCWC nor Numista identify the designs on the reverses.

Recorded mintage: 2,000.

Specification: 38.2 g, 0.900 fine silver, 37 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM-25.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• 1985 50 kip, tenth anniversary of the regime
• 1985 50 kip, tenth anniversary of the regime
• 1985 50 kip, tenth anniversary of the regime, Plain of Jars
• 1989 50 kip, Olympic Games, water polo
• Coins and currency dated 1985