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50 Baht - Rama VIII Series 7, Type I no fibers
| Issuer | Government of Thailand |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | 50 รัฐบาล ไทย ธนบัตรเปนเงินที่ชำระหนี้ได้ตามกฏหมาย ห้าสิบบาท รัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวงการคลัง ๕๐ ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย (Translation: Government of Thailand Banknote is legal tender Fifty Baht Minister of Finance Bank of Thailand) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is executed in rose-red intaglio and presents a full-face architectural vignette of the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall as seen from the Royal Plaza, rendered with fine line engraving that captures the Italianate dome and colonnaded façade. The denomination figures 50 and ๕๐ appear in the upper corners within ornate guilloche cartouches, and an elaborate floral guilloche border frames the entire design. A blank circular watermark space is reserved at lower left, with a panel of Thai anti-counterfeiting text set beneath the central building vignette. |
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Series 7 was introduced under extraordinarily unstable conditions. Thailand had signed an armistice with the Allies in August 1945 after years of Japanese occupation, and the government was scrambling to stabilize a currency that had been badly debased by wartime printing obligations. The Type I designation — no security fibers in the paper — reflects whatever stock was available at the moment of issue, not a deliberate design choice.
Pick 57A is notably scarce. Production runs were short, and the political chaos surrounding the death of Rama VIII in June 1946 disrupted normal banking operations within a year of this note's appearance.