20 Cents

Features

Issuer	Laos
King	Kingdom of Laos › Sisavang Vong (1946-1959)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1952
Value	20 Cents (0.20)
Currency	Piastre (1952)
Composition	Aluminium
Weight	2.23 g
Diameter	27 mm
Thickness	2.2 mm
Shape	Round with a round hole
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 1299
References	KM# 5 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 2 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Lesser Version of Coat of Arms or the Royal Seal.

Scripts: Lao, Latin

Lettering:
ROYAUME DU LAOS ພະຣາຊະອານາຈັກລາວ
1952

Translation:
KINGDOM OF LAOS Kingdom of Laos
1952

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Reverse

The face value and the date in Laotian and French.
A rosette composed of stylized frangipani leaves. Automatically translated

Scripts: Lao, Latin

Lettering:
໑໙໕໒
໒໐ ອັດ
20 CENTS
1952

Translation:
1952
20 Cents
20 CENTS
1952

Engraver: Lucien Georges Bazor

Edge

Plain

Mint

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (and Pessac starting 1973), France (864-date)

Mark

Lucien Bazor, General coin engraver, Monnaie de Paris (1931-1958)

Comments

Kingdom of Laos was a French protectorate (1947–1953) and then a Constitutional monarchy (1953-1975).
Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Laos

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Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1952	3 000 000	$ 0.19	$ 0.85	$ 1.00	$ 1.20	$ 2.00	$ 2.00	Monnaie de Paris (wing)	98%
1952	104							Piéfort	0.9%

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