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Royal / Vientiane kip

Dates in use
Introduction and ending not established
Ancestry branch
Spanish real / peso

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Royal / Vientiane kip: documented and qualified family connections PARENTS THIS CURRENCY CHILDREN Indochinese piastreIndochinese piastre 1955 · DocumentedDocumented connection · 1955 Royal / Vientiane kipRoyal / Vientiane kip Currency history Later adoption · see history below

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The story

In June 1976 the Vientiane kip was withdrawn in favour of the separately circulating Liberation kip, at 20:1; the Liberation kip belongs to the modern Lao kip continuity despite its 1979 rescaling.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. [1]

Replacement by an existing currency

This conversion belongs to the history of the retiring unit. It does not make that unit an ancestor of the currency adopted.

Sources and evidence

  1. World Bank, East Asia and Pacific Region · Socialist Transformation in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic: An Economic Report, Volume II: Annexes; Soutsaka Bounmanit, Economic Studies 136, pp 91–116, Kyushu University · Financial System of the Lao PDR after Introduction of the Pianpeangmai Policy

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“Royal / Vientiane kip.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Updated 2026-10-14; data version v49. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/FTM000141.html

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