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Lao kip

Lao kip: a currency still in use.

Dates in use
Still in use; introduction date not established here
Currency code
LAK
Ancestry branch
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Lao kip: documented and qualified family connections PREDECESSORS THIS CURRENCY SUCCESSORS Royal / Vientiane kipRoyal / Vientiane kip 1976 · DocumentedLater contribution or absorptionDocumented connection · 1976 Lao kipLao kip LAK No successor is established here.

The story

The present kip was introduced in 1979 at one new kip per 100 liberated kip. [1]

Sources and evidence

  1. International Monetary Fund · Lao PDR: Selected Issues, 1997 C549 ↗

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“Lao kip.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v43. https://family-tree-money-atlas.bob123444.chatgpt.site/currency/FTM000143.html

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