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20 Baht - Rama VIII Series 5, Type V brown reverse
| Issuer | Government of Thailand (Ministry of Finance) |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Currency | Baht (1897-date) |
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| Reverse description | Printed in brown on cream paper. The central vignette presents a detailed panoramic view of Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha) and the Grand Palace complex as seen from across the Chao Phraya River, rendered with fine intaglio line work. The design is enclosed within an ornate scrollwork border with floral corner pieces, with Thai numeral '๒๐' at upper left and Arabic numeral '20' at upper right. A line of small Thai text runs along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | ๒๐ 20 |
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This note was printed in Tokyo by the Imperial Printing Bureau — an arrangement that tells you everything about Thailand's political position in 1945. The country had signed an alliance with Japan in December 1941 under considerable duress, and Japanese printing contracts for Thai currency were a direct consequence of that alignment. By the time these notes were being produced and distributed, the war was already lost; Japan surrendered in August 1945, making the practical lifespan of this issue extraordinarily short.
The brown reverse distinguishes this Type V from earlier printings in the Rama VIII series. Notes with Japanese wartime production links were politically awkward in postwar Thailand, and many were withdrawn quickly.