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60 Baht 60th Birthday of King Rama IX

Issuer Bank of Thailand
Year 1987
Type Commemorative banknote
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Reverse description A photographic vignette occupies the full field, illustrating King Rama IX, Queen Sirikit, Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn, Princess Sirindhorn, and Princess Chulabhorn seated among the people during a royal visit to Wat Chaiyo Worawihan on 24 October 1973. The composition is enclosed within decorative borders with Thai inscriptions, including the King's First Royal Command, arranged around the central image.
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The 60 Baht denomination exists for one reason: the Thai belief that 60 years marks the completion of a full astrological cycle — five cycles of the twelve-year Chinese zodiac — making Bhumibol Adulyadej's 60th birthday in 1987 a cosmologically significant occasion, not merely a chronological one. The Bank of Thailand issued this as a commemorative rather than a circulating denomination, meaning most examples were sold directly to the public in presentation sleeves and never passed through commerce at all.

Square format notes are rare in any national issue. The 159 × 159 mm dimensions were a deliberate design choice to signal the note's commemorative status.

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