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[[Image:SA I28-0783.jpg|550px|thumb|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<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Laos|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.

''[[Bibliography|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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>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:''
* [[Laos 2010 500 kip Fr-38|2010 500 kip, Buddha, 0.5 g gold]]
* [[Laos 2010 500 kip KM-152|2010 500 kip, year of the tiger, 0.5 g gold]]
* [[Laos 2010 1000 kip|2010 1000 kip, soccer World Cup]]
* [[Laos 2012 500 kip Fr-39|2012 500 kip, Pha That Luang temple, 0.5 g gold]]
* [[Laos 2012 500 kip Fr-40|2012 500 kip, 30th Anniversary of the Chinese "Panda" Coinage, 0.5 g gold]]
* [[Laos 2013 500 kip|2013 500 kip, year of the snake]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 2012]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album internet sale 28]]