Catalog
500 Baht
| Issuer | Bank of Thailand |
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| Year | 1988-1996 |
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| Reference(s) | P#91 |
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| Obverse lettering | รัฐบาลไทย ธนบัตรเป็นเงินที่ชำระหนี้ได้ตามกฎหมาย ห้าร้อยบาท (Translation: Government of Thailand Banknotes are legal tender for payments Five Hundred Baht) |
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| Protection description | Portrait watermark of King Bhumibol Adulyadej facing forward, visible when held to light |
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| Comments |
Pick 91 belongs to the twelfth series of Thai banknotes, a series that ran an unusually long production window — nearly a decade — reflecting the relative monetary stability Thailand enjoyed before the 1997 baht crisis effectively ended that chapter. Notes from the early part of the print run and those from the mid-1990s can differ subtly in ink saturation and paper feel, a consequence of incremental supplier changes over such a long production span.
The 500 baht denomination carried real purchasing weight throughout this period, and high-denomination notes from the final years of issue were caught directly in the July 1997 float — many left Thailand as capital flight accelerated.