Laos 2012 500 kip

Stephen Album internet sale 28, lot 783

This specimen was lot 783 in Stephen Album internet sale 28 (Santa Rosa, CA, July 2024), where it sold for $72. The catalog description^[1] noted, "LAOS: People's Democratic Republic, AV 500 kip, 2012, Year of the Dragon, struck in 99999 finest gold, PCGS graded PF69 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.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.50 g, 0.999 fine gold, 11 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: Fr-unlisted, KM-unlisted, Numista-57525.

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, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
• ^[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.

Link to:

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