Evidence coverage: 1955–1976. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
A documented account-unit or currency-system transition supports this predecessor identity; not admitted from a specimen or inherited label alone.
Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
In June 1976 the Vientiane kip was withdrawn in favour of the separately circulating Liberation kip, at 20:1; the Liberation kip belongs to the modern Lao kip continuity despite its 1979 rescaling. No precise 1976 day asserted.
Report2282-LA, Annex I p2 para5 (PDF p6); Printed pp92–93, sections2.1–2.2 (PDF pp3–4); DOI10.15017/3000469
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Report2282-LA, Annex I p2 para5 (PDF p6); Printed pp92–93, sections2.1–2.2 (PDF pp3–4); DOI10.15017/3000469
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
The royal Lao kip replaced the shared Indochinese piastre as legal tender for payments in May 1955. National separation, not mere local banknote design; exact conversion rate not needed or asserted.
Printed pp92–93, sections2.1–2.2 (PDF pp3–4); DOI10.15017/3000469
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.