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100 Baht - Rama IX King's 84th Birthday

Issuer Bank of Thailand
Year 2011
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Value 100 Bahts (100 บาท)
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Obverse lettering 100 รัฐบาลไทย ธนบัตรเป็นเงินที่ชําระหนี้ได้ตามกฎหมาย หนึ่งร้อยบาท ๑๐๐
(Translation: 100 Government of Thailand This note is legal tender for One Hundred Baht 100)
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Reverse lettering 100 ๑๐๐ ที่ระลึกเนื่องในโอกาสพระราชพิธีมหามงคล เฉลิมพระชนมพรรษา ๗ รอบ ๕ ธันวาคม ๒๕๕๔
(Translation: 100 100 Commemorating the auspicious occasion of the 7th Cycle Birthday Anniversary of His Majesty the King 5 December 2554 BE (2011))
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Thailand has issued commemorative 100 Baht notes with some regularity since the 1990s, but the series honoring Rama IX — Bhumibol Adulyadej — carries particular weight given his status as the world's longest-reigning monarch at the time of issue. His 84th birthday fell on 5 December 2011, a date considered auspicious in Thai numerological tradition as it marks the completion of seven twelve-year zodiac cycles.

Printed in-house at the Bank of Thailand's own facility in Bangkok, which has operated since 1969. The security specification is modest for a commemorative — watermark and thread only, no color-shifting ink — suggesting this was intended for genuine circulation rather than collector presentation.

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