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100 Baht 'Ploughing Ceremony' Series 2, type I 'Contract'
| Issuer | Government of Siam |
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| Year | 1925 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited, London |
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| Reverse lettering | ๑๐๐ 100 THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY LIMITED, LONDON. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Thai royal ploughing ceremony (Raek Na Khwan) depicted on this series dates back centuries as a Brahmin-derived rite performed by the king to ritually inaugurate the rice-planting season — its inclusion on Siamese currency in the 1920s was a deliberate assertion of cultural continuity at a moment when Siam was navigating intense pressure from British and French colonial interests on its borders.
The "Contract" designation within Type I refers to the specific contract period under which De La Rue supplied the notes, a distinction that matters for dating purposes since the Series 2 printing spanned several years with incremental variations in signature combinations. Surviving examples without folds are uncommon; the notes circulated heavily in provincial markets.