Banknotes of the Thai baht
Thai baht banknotes commonly include the portrait or the picture of the sculpture of its kings.
After 1857, notes for 20 and 40 ticals were issued, also bearing their values in Straits dollars and Indian rupees.
In 1892, the treasury contracted with Giesecke & Devrient in Germany to print notes for 1, 5, 10, 40, 80, 100, 400, and 800 ticals, called "baht" in the Thai text.
The year 1902 marked the introduction of reforms by prince Jayanta Mongkol after his observations of banking practices in Europe, which became an important landmark in the inauguration of paper money in Thailand.
[1] On September 19, 1902, the government introduced notes which were printed by Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited, England, during the reigns of Kings Rama V and Rama VI, denominated 5, 10, 20, 100, and 1000 ticals, still called baht in the Thai text — each denomination having many types,[2] with 1 and 50 tical notes following in 1918.
The banknotes's reverses are designed on the idea of the ten kings in the Chakri dynasty's contributions and works on improving the country.
The 20 baht was selected to be changed from paper to polymer to improve the quality as it is the most widely used banknote and hence quickly gets soiled and damaged.
[16] The pictures displayed within the kings' portrait are the moment of each's works which could be described as follows: In addition to the banknotes currently in circulation, numerous commemorative notes have been issued:
