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100 Baht - Rama VIII Series 6, Type I constitution watermark
| Issuer | Government of Thailand |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Value | 100 Bahts (100 บาท) |
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| Obverse description | Blue intaglio print with red prefix and serial numbers and black signature; a portrait vignette of King Rama VIII (Ananda Mahidol) in bust, facing half left, occupies the left side of the note. The central vignette presents a front elevation of the entrance gate to the ordination hall with Yaksha guardian statues at Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn). Corner devices include a Garuda at upper left, Arabic denomination numerals at upper right and lower left, and a three-headed elephant Airavata at lower right; serial numbers appear in Arabic numerals at center right and lower left. |
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| Reverse description | Blue intaglio print with a red circular overstamp at the right edge, of which only the left half is present. The central vignette presents a front elevation of the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall, designed by Mario Tamagno, as viewed from the Royal Plaza, set within a cartouche frame. Arabic denomination numerals appear at the upper left and upper right corners, and a penalty clause inscription is printed along the lower portion of the cartouche frame. |
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Series 6 was issued under highly unstable conditions. Rama VIII — King Ananda Mahidol — was only a teenager residing in Switzerland during most of the Second World War, and Thailand had signed an alliance with Japan in late 1941 under considerable duress. The 100 Baht notes of this series were printed domestically by the Thai government after Allied bombing and blockades severed access to overseas security printers, a significant departure from the country's earlier reliance on Thomas De La Rue in London.
The Type I designation here refers to the constitution watermark — the Thai constitution book — distinguishing it from later watermark variants within the same series. Ananda Mahidol died under deeply disputed circumstances in June 1946, just as Series 6 notes were still in active circulation.