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A New Banknote in the People's Republic: The Iconography of the Kip and Ideological Transformations in Laos, 1957-2006
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On 17 January 2006, the English-language newspaper Vientiane Times announced the introduction of a new banknote (denomination: 50,000 Kip) in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR). Hitherto, the highest denomination had been 20,000 Kip. The devaluation of the Lao currency made it necessary to issue a new banknote: People had to carry wads of banknotes or simply used the US dollar or the Thai Baht for larger transactions. It was not the first time that the ruling Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) responded to rising prices with the emission of new banknotes and higher ...
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