The Kingdom of Thailand is an Asian country with a capital city of Bangkok.The country was known as Siam up until 1939. Thailand (Siam) is the only South East Asian country not to be colonised by the various European empires but it did act as a buffer state between French Indochina and the British Empire. 1932 saw a bloodless revolution by the Khana Ratsadon which gave Thailand its first contitution. 1942 saw Thailand joining Japan in the Second World War and declaring war on both the USA and Britain. After the war, Thailand became an ally of the USA. Thailand is a constitutional Monarchy and has a hereditary King.
Monetary Units : 1 Baht = 100 Satang
The 3 notes above are all from the 1978-81 issue and are ; the 100 Baht from 1978 with King Rama IX on the front and King Narasuan the great, on top of an elephant on the reverse. The 20 Baht note, again with the king on the front and King Taksin's statue at Chantaburi on the reverse and finally, the 10 Baht note has on it reverse a statue of King Chulalongkorn .
The Final note, from thailand, is the 20 Baht note from 2003with the King on the front and repeated on the reverse but with a bridge in the background.
More Thai notes here
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