Laos 1998 2000 kip Fr-12
This specimen was lot 761 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "LAOS: People's Democratic Republic, AV 2000 kip, 1998, Pha That Luang stupa, PCGS graded PF67 Deep Cameo, ex Howard A. Daniel III Collection." This is one of a series of NCLT's made and sold to collectors. We don't know if any made it to Laos.
Wikipedia comments, "Pha That Luang (Lao: ທາດຫຼວງ or ພຣະທາດຫລວງ) is a large, gold-covered Buddhist stupa in the centre of the city of Vientiane, capital of Laos. Since its initial establishment, suggested to be in the 3rd century AD, the stupa has undergone several reconstructions, as recently as the 1930s, due to foreign invasions of the area. It is generally regarded as the most important national monument in Laos as well as a national symbol."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.24 g, 0.999 fine gold, 0.04 troy oz AGW, 13.92 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: Fr-12, KM-68.
- 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, Internet Auction 28, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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