฿10 — Ten Baht
The artwork
Front: King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) in full dress uniform, heavy with orders and sash, engraved at the right. The Thai text reads รัฐบาลไทย — the Government of Thailand — above the promise of legal tender and สิบบาท, ten baht, spelled out. At the left, the Garuda emblem of state; a rosette medallion and guilloche work fill the centre, with the serial number in Western figures above and repeated in Thai numerals below.
Back: The equestrian statue of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) on its stepped plinth in the Royal Plaza, Bangkok, before the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall — cast in Paris for the fortieth anniversary of his reign in 1908. Radiating engine-turned lines spread behind horse and rider like a sunburst, framed by Thai flame-motif scrollwork, with the Garuda at upper right and the denomination in both scripts at the corners.., issued from 1980, is one of the last Thai issues to appear in this quantity before the ten-baht coin took over everyday small change from 1988. Notes stayed in circulation for years afterwards alongside the Series 15 ten baht of 1995, after which the denomination was quietly retired from the note range.
In circulation
The Series 12 tenlabel
Details
- IssuerGovernment of Thailand (รัฐบาลไทย)
- CurrencyBaht (฿)
- DenominationTen Baht
- Collectedon the Thailand journeys, 1993–2014
- SeriesSeries 12, first issued 1980
- SignatureMinister of Finance and Governor of the Bank of Thailand
- Dimensions135 × 70 mm