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Slerk, all of those "coins" are fake.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Australia
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Every single one of those "silver" coins will be fakes. possibly locally made, more likely imported from China.
It's the typical mixture you see: "common" silver coins, rare patterns, and impossible fantasies. None will actually be made of silver.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Canada
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What a gigantic load of goo !
All Chinese counterfeits.
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Taiwan
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These are all counterfeits as everyone has pointed out. I did purchase a few good Piastre's in Luang Prabang in 1973 as I travelled from
Northern Thailand across the Mekong river into the Laotian town of Houei Sai and then to Luang Prabang and then onto Vientiane. These three cities were controlled by the government at that time and the countryside was pretty much controlled by the Pathet Lao. Today no matter how remote you think you may be these markets will be flush with this tourist junk.
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04/19/2026 11:50 am
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Did anybody else notice the "In GOP we trust" on the " Trade dollar"?  Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Tum Ting Wong with these coins.
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Australia
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I saw similar loads of coins when I visited Viet-Nam a few years ago.
Caveat emptor.
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I imagine that Laos has laws concerning selling fake Laotian currency, whereas they don't care about replicas of foreign coins.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Those notes are almost certainly genuine - but they are equally certainly rather overpriced. That blue 10 kip note has a pricetag of 700,000 kip - which converts to US$31.80 at official rates. These notes can typically be found for less than US$10 in a banknote dealer's bargain box. Here's some for sale on ebay, three notes for US$20: https://www.ebay.com/itm/226529893226Buy them if you like, they're certainly legitimate Laotian souvenirs. It will certainly help the local economy. Just be aware that they're not doing you any favours selling them to you. Quote:
I imagine that Laos has laws concerning selling fake Laotian currency, whereas they don't care about replicas of foreign coins. Laos does indeed have strict anti-counterfeiting laws, for both its own currency and current foreign currencies. However, these notes were issued by the previous regime, the French-backed monarchy, which the current communist government overthrew while the whole Vietnam War thing was going down in the 1970s. As such, I think the LPDR government attitude to making fake Kingdom of Laos banknotes would be "we don't care less, they're not valid legal tender in either case". Much like it's perfectly legal to make fake Confederate States banknotes in the United States today; the official government attitude to it would be "that government was illegitimate and their money was illegitimate, so go ahead and fake it". Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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the official government attitude to it would be "that government was illegitimate and their money was illegitimate, so go ahead and fake it". I cannot argue with that.  |
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Russian Federation
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I hope you and I were interested in seeing the local market. I bought a couple of inexpensive banknotes. I'll post them to you later. I found out the price of this banknote and the seller called the price at 500,000 kip (22,5$)  |
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