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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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| Value | 100 Bahts (100 บาท) |
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| Reverse description | A highly detailed Chinese dragon in traditional style occupies the central field, depicted in dynamic motion amid stylized clouds with a solar disc in the upper left. Below the dragon, the Chinese characters 金龍 (Golden Dragon) are prominently displayed within a horizontal band. The denomination '100 BAHT' appears in Latin script along the upper rim, while the lower rim bears the inscriptions '1/4 OZ 999.9 FINE GOLD', 'THAILAND', and '2000', all in Latin script. The design combines East Asian artistic traditions with Western numismatic conventions, struck in proof quality with sharp relief detail. |
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| Mintage | 2543 (2000) - Proof - 1,800 |
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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.