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80 Baht - Rama IX Queen Sirikit's 80th Birthday
| Issuer | Bank of Thailand |
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| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse presents a central vignette with a formal portrait of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit in ceremonial dress, flanked by an installment ceremony scene on the left and the royal coat of arms. Decorative underprint elements include the Queen Sirikit rose and Queen Sirikit cattleya orchid motifs, alongside the 80th birthday commemorative emblem. Inscriptions in Thai script appear above and below the central vignette, with the denomination stated as eighty baht. |
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| Protection description | Queen Sirikit's royal monogram watermark |
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The denomination itself is the story. Eighty baht has no place in Thailand's normal monetary system — this note was struck specifically because Queen Sirikit turned 80 in 2012, and the Thai royal commemorative tradition demands exact numerical alignment between the honoree's age and the face value. The Canadian Bank Note Company in Ottawa has handled several of these Thai royal commemoratives, a relationship that goes back decades and persists partly because CBNC's intaglio work meets the exacting standards the Thai court expects for such issues.
Circulation was nominal. These were distributed through the Bank of Thailand in sealed folders and absorbed almost entirely by collectors and gift-givers before reaching any till.