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100 Baht 'Ploughing Ceremony' Series 2, type II 'Banknote'

Issuer Ministry of Finance, Siam
Year 1932
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Composition Cotton paper
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Obverse description The note is printed in blue-grey tones on a cream ground with an intricate guilloche underprint radiating from a central oval cartouche bearing the Thai denomination inscription ร้อยบาท. A Garuda vignette occupies the upper left, while a robed Erawan figure on a pedestal stands to the lower right. The upper legend รัฐบาล สยาม (Government of Siam) is set within a decorative panel at top centre, with the numeral 100 appearing in ornate star rosettes at upper right and lower left corners. The printer's imprint of Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited, London, appears at the lower margin.
Obverse lettering รัฐบาล สยาม
ธนบัตรเป็นเงินที่ชำระหนี้ได้ตามกฎหมาย
ร้อยบาท
๑ พฤษภาคม ๒๔๗๕
1st May 1932
เสนาบดีกระทรวงพระคลัง
THOMAS DE LA RUE & COMPANY LIMITED, LONDON.
Reverse description The reverse is executed in blue-green tones over an olive-yellow guilloche underprint with elaborate foliate scrollwork filling the field. A large central oval medallion, framed by a scalloped guilloche border, encloses a finely engraved intaglio vignette of the Royal Ploughing Ceremony (Raek Na Khwan), showing oxen drawing a ceremonial plough attended by robed officials and courtiers carrying ceremonial standards. Denomination numerals 100 appear in star-shaped guilloche rosettes at left and right, and the printer's imprint is repeated at the lower margin.
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