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New commemorative banknotes issue on King's 80th birthday
The Bank of Thailand will issue new commemorative banknotes on the auspicious occasion of His Majesty King Bhumibol of Thailand's 80th Birthday Anniversary, 5 December 2007. All of these notes will be issue on 28th November 2007 with amount of 15 million notes.
The uncut banknote sheets comprise 1 Baht, 5 Baht and 10 Baht denominations. The banknote paper incorporated with mould-made three dimension multi-tone watermark, depicts the constitution placed on tradition style gilded tray in yellow circle, and the metallic security thread containing translucent micro characters “80 th Birthday Anniversary” in Thai characters, clearly visible when holding the banknote against the light. Under ultraviolet light, the alphabetical codes and serial numbers printed with special red ink turn into luminescing blue, the signatures of the Minister of Finance and the Governor of the Bank of Thailand printed with special black ink turn into luminescing yellowish-green and the Thai numeral 80 printed with the invisible ink over the watermark turn into luminescing yellow. The security thread embedded in the paper also turns into luminescing yellow.
The main element on the front of each denomination is the portrait of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Other elements are the Royal Garuda Emblem and the Airapote elephant. Accompanying drawing of each denomination is the portrait of Their Majesties the King and Queen granting an audience to various groups of people who paid tribute to His Majesty on the occasion of his coronation in 1950 at the Sutthaisawan Prasat Hall, the portrait of His Majesty in a royal procession by land, marking his 3 rd cycle birthday anniversary in 1963, and the portrait of His Majesty granting an audience to various groups of people who paid tribute to His Majesty on the Auspicious Occasion of the Sixtieth Anniversary Celebrations of His Majesty's Accession to the throne in 2006 at Ananda Samakhom Throne Hall.
The element on the back of 1 Baht denomination are the portraits of His Majesty's childhood, the portrait of Their Majesties the King Rama 8 and King Rama 9 on their return to Thailand in 1945, the portrait of his Majesty during his study in Switzerland, the Royal Emblem in Commemoration of the Celebrations on the Auspicious Occasion of His Majesty the King's 80 th Birthday Anniversary 5 th December 2007, the Royal Garuda Emblem, and the Temple of the Emerald Bhudda and the Grand Palace, and the Villa Vadhana in Switzerland.
The elements on the back of 5 Baht denomination are the portrait of Their Majesties on royal wedding day, the portrait of His Majesty in the coronation, and the ordination, the portrait of the Royal Family, the portrait of Their Majesty during their royal visit to foreign countries, the portrait of His Majesty in the Investiture of H.R.H. Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, the portrait of Their Majesties performing royal activities, the picture of a Royal Rainmaking Project's plane, and the portraits of His Majesty playing the Saxophone and Painting.
The elements of the back of 10 Baht denomination are the portrait of His Majesty in the investiture of H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, the portrait of His Majesty with H.R.H. the Princess Mother, the portrait of Their Majesties performing royal activities, the picture of the Pak Phanang River Basin Development Project in Nakhon Si Thammarat, and the Chaipatana Aerator, and the portrait of His Majesty granting an audience to various groups of people who paid tribute to His Majesty on the Auspicious Occasion of the Sixtieth Anniversary Celebrations of His Majesty's Accession to the Throne.
Siambanknote, Nov 25th, 2007 |
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