Laos 1996 5000 kip

Stephen Album sale 47, lot 1140

This specimen was lot 1140 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $336. The catalog description^[1] noted, "LAOS: People’s Democratic Republic, AV 5000 kip, 1996, Atlanta Summer Olympics - Boxing, NGC graded Proof 69 ULTRA CAMEO, ex Howard A. Daniel III Collection." The scanty coinage of Laos (listed as "Lao" in the SCWC) is nearly exclusively NCLT's, including this one.

Recorded mintage: est. 3,000.

Specification: 7.76 g, 0.583 fine gold, 0.145 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-11, Schön-66, KM 60.

Source:

• 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.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• 1991 50 kip, tiger and cubs
• 1998 2000 kip, That Luang temple, 1/25 oz gold
• 1998 2000 kip, Sydney Olympics
• 1999 30,000 kip, year of the Rabbit, ¼ oz gold
• 2006 100,000 kip, the Buddha in meditation
• Coins and currency dated 1996