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1000 Baht 72nd Birthday of King Rama IX
| Issuer | Bank of Thailand |
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| Year | 1999 |
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| Printer | Bank of Thailand Note Printing Works, Bangkok, Thailand (1969-date) |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio portrait of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) in three-quarter view to the right, wearing a formal suit and holding documents, set against a fine guilloche underprint in warm ochre and brown tones. To the left, a vignette of the Pasak Jolasid Dam aerial landscape appears in grey intaglio, with the denomination numeral 1000 in large ornate Thai numerals across the lower centre. The royal Garuda emblem appears in red at the upper right, with decorative rosettes and traditional Thai ornamental borders framing the composition. At lower right, a royal quotation in Thai script references the King's sufficiency economy philosophy. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread |
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Issued to mark the 72nd birthday of King Bhumibol Adulyadej on 5 December 1999, this note is one of several commemorative 1000 Baht issues produced by the Bank of Thailand Note Printing Works during the reign — a facility established in 1969 specifically to reduce Thailand's dependence on foreign printers for sensitive currency production. The 72nd birthday held particular significance in Thai numerological tradition, as it marks the completion of six full twelve-year astrological cycles, a threshold considered more auspicious than a simple centennial.
Pick 104 circulated as legal tender alongside the regular 1000 Baht series, not as a collector-only issue.