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10 Baht - Rama VIII Series 5, type IV green reverse
| Issuer | Government of Thailand |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Size | 145 × 85 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a panoramic vignette of Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha) viewed behind the Padej Dusakorn northeast corner fort and the north wall of the Grand Palace. Thai denomination numerals appear in the upper-left corner and an Arabic numeral in the upper-right corner. A central bottom panel bears the statutory counterfeiting penalty inscription, with the overall design printed in yellowish green. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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Printed in Tokyo by the Japanese Imperial Printing Bureau during the wartime occupation period, this note was produced for Thailand under the terms of the alliance Japan had effectively coerced Bangkok into signing in December 1941. Thailand's own printing infrastructure could not meet wartime demand, and Japan supplied the shortfall — an arrangement that left the Thai government dependent on a foreign press for its own currency at a politically fraught moment.
The green reverse distinguishes this type IV from earlier variants in the Series 5 run. Pick 48 is notably scarcer than the preceding types, likely reflecting the disruption to supply and distribution in the final months before Japan's surrender in August 1945.