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1 Baht - Rama VIII Posthumous, Series 8 'American'
| Issuer | Government of Thailand |
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| Year | 1946 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of King Rama VIII in a front-facing bust portrait, set against a light green and light blue underprint. A Garuda device appears at the upper left corner, with the three-headed elephant Airavata (Erawan) at the lower right; the Phra Pathom Chedi stupa is also present within the design. Denomination numerals appear at the upper right and lower left corners, with serial and block numbers printed in black. |
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| Protection description | Repeating inscriptions `MILITARY AUTHORITY`. |
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Rama VIII — King Ananda Mahidol — died on 9 June 1946 under circumstances that remain officially unresolved: a single gunshot wound to the head, found in his bedchamber at the Grand Palace. He was nineteen. This note was issued posthumously, weeks after his death, making the portrait simultaneously a debut and a memorial. Three palace attendants were eventually executed for the killing in 1955, though the verdict has never satisfied historians.
Tudor Press was an unusual choice for Thai currency — the contract reflected wartime disruptions to established relationships with European printers. The "American" designation in the series name distinguishes these from the British-printed issues of the same type.