Pick 92 was introduced as part of a broader series refresh that followed Thailand's sustained economic expansion through the late 1980s — the years when Bangkok was briefly one of the fastest-growing cities in Asia, and the 1000 Baht note was seeing genuine heavy use as a transactional denomination rather than a store-of-value curiosity. Thomas De La Rue's printing is characteristically tight on this issue, with good ink saturation that tends to hold up reasonably well even in circulated grades.
The watermark on this series would be superseded within a few years as the Bank of Thailand moved toward polymer and enhanced intaglio security in response to regional counterfeiting pressures exposed during the 1997 financial crisis.
Pick 92 was introduced as part of a broader series refresh that followed Thailand's sustained economic expansion through the late 1980s — the years when Bangkok was briefly one of the fastest-growing cities in Asia, and the 1000 Baht note was seeing genuine heavy use as a transactional denomination rather than a store-of-value curiosity. Thomas De La Rue's printing is characteristically tight on this issue, with good ink saturation that tends to hold up reasonably well even in circulated grades.
The watermark on this series would be superseded within a few years as the Bank of Thailand moved toward polymer and enhanced intaglio security in response to regional counterfeiting pressures exposed during the 1997 financial crisis.