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
Kip Deville at Keeneland Race Course. Though he was not scheduled to race again until early September, when he was sent to Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to compete in the Woodbine Mile, a race in which he ran second in 2007. Dutrow decided to try the Poker Handicap. Kip Deville won. He returned to defend his title in the Breeders' Cup Mile at Santa Anita Park in October 2008 and came in second. On August 8, 2008, the Oklahoma Thoroughbred Association named Kip Deville its Horse of the Year for 2007. He also won the Older Male and Turf Runner