Lao kip establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Kaysone Phomvihane is pictured on the obverse of the 2,000, 5,000, 10,000, 20,000, 50,000, and 100,000 kip banknotes. The Bank of Laos governor announced on January 25, 2012 that the Bank of Laos would issue 100,000 Kip banknotes as a regular issue on February 1, 2012 (but dated 2011) to encourage Lao people to use the national currency instead of U.S. dollars and Thai baht. Lao kip The kip (; code: LAK; sign: ₭ or ₭N; ; officially: ເງີນກີບລາວ, lit. "currency Lao kip") is the currency of Laos since 1952. Historically, one kip
Ricardo Kip Ricardo Kip Ricardo Kip (born 15 March 1992 in Zoetermeer) is a Dutch footballer who last played as a midfielder for Almere City in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. Ricardo Kip was recruited to play in the youth ranks of the Amsterdam club at age 11, where he has represented Ajax on every youth level, before signing a one-year contract with the club on 30 May 2011. Playing his first year on the reserve squad of Jong Ajax, without making any appearances for the first team, Ricardo's contract was not renewed before the upcoming season, and he subsequently moved to Almere