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100 Baht - Rama IX Millennium - Year of the Dragon
| Issuer | Thailand |
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| Year | 2000 |
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| Currency | Baht (1897-date) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) facing left, wearing glasses and a suit, with a stylized depiction of a Thai temple roofline visible in the background of the field. The circular legend in Thai script reads along the left and right rims, with the denomination and Buddhist Era date inscribed along the lower rim. The portrait is rendered in high relief with a frosted finish against a mirror-polished field, characteristic of proof coinage. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the turn of the millennium coinciding with a Thai lunar Year of the Dragon, this piece was part of a broader commemorative program under Bhumibol Adulyadej, whose reign of over seven decades made him the world's longest-serving head of state at the time of his death in 2016. Thai royal commemoratives from this period were produced in strictly controlled mintages by the Royal Thai Mint and were rarely released through general circulation channels, moving instead through the Government Savings Bank and authorized dealers.
The .9999 fineness is notably purer than the .900 gold standard common to most world coinage of the twentieth century.