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10 Baht - Rama VIII Series 4, Survey Dept. Type I watermark constitution
| Issuer | Government of Thailand |
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| Year | 1943-1945 |
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| Currency | Baht (1897-date) |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing bust portrait of King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) as a central vignette, with Mahakan Fort and the Golden Mountain (Phu Khao Thong) visible in the background. Denomination numerals appear in Thai script and Arabic numerals, framed by ornate guilloche borders. Inscriptions in Thai script identify the issuing authority and the legal tender clause. |
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| Reverse lettering | ๑๐ 10 โทษฐานปลอมหรือแปลงธนบัตรคือจำคุกตั้งแต่สิบปีถึงตลอดชีวิตและปรับตั้งแต่ พันบาทถึงหมื่นบาทหรือพันเท่าราคาธนบัตรปลอมแล้วแต่จำนวนไหนจะมากกว่ากัน กรมแผนที่ (Translation: 10 Penalty for counterfeiting the banknote is ten years up to life imprisonment, and fined thousand up to ten thousands Baht or thousand times of that counterfeited notes depends on which is higher. Survey Department) |
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Printed by the Survey Department — a mapping and cartographic agency pressed into currency production — this note reflects the severe wartime disruption to Thailand's normal printing arrangements. The Survey Department had no tradition of banknote manufacture, and the quality irregularities that collectors encounter across this series trace directly to that improvisation. The Type I watermark distinguishes it from later printings within the same P#40 grouping, a distinction that matters considerably for attribution.
Thailand maintained formal independence under Japanese occupation during this period, though the practical autonomy behind that status was limited. Domestic printing was a necessity, not a choice.