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1 Baht 1925-28 Issue Series 2 Government Of Siam P16b |
| Item: |
Thailand, Government of Siam
1 Baht TB25 1928-33 - Printer: TDLR |
| Grade: |
PMG 64 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
1081772-251
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Owner Comments
April 11, 1932.
These are beautiful notes and fairly easy to come by in uncirculated condition. During any time these were printed, a baht was serious business and still roughly corresponded to circulating silver half and quarter baht coins last struck in 1929.
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5 Baht 1925-28 Issue Series 2 Government Of Siam P17b |
| Item: |
Thailand, Government of Siam
5 Baht TB27 1929-32 - Printer: TDLR |
| Grade: |
PMG VF 25 |
| Cert #: |
2034251-002
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Owner Comments
January 5, 1929. A nice note but with some writing on the reverse and a little imperfection on the reverse bottom middle that is not evident when looking at the obverse
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10 Baht 1925-28 Issue Series 2 Government Of Siam P18b |
| Item: |
Thailand, Government of Siam
10 Baht TB29 1929-34 - Printer: TDLR |
| Grade: |
PMG VF 30 EPQ |
| Cert #: |
2181364-001
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Owner Comments
April 15, 1932. Revolution is brewing in Siam. Can the agitation for a constitution and abolition of absolute monarchy be smoothed over without violence? Yes.
27 graded at PMG and 20 of those are in higher grades than this note.
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20 Baht 1925-28 Issue Series 2 Government Of Siam P19a |
| Item: |
Thailand, Government of Siam
20 Baht TB30 1925-28 - Printer: TDLR |
| Grade: |
PMG VF 30 |
| Cert #: |
2004022-013
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Owner Comments
June 15, 1925. Not the greatest looking note. None of the discoloration is noted by PMG on the holder, but it is by myself. Anyways this is a tough one in the series, both as the 20 Baht generally, and especially as the earlier issue (Pick 19a).
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100 Baht 1925-28 Issue Series 2 Government Of Siam P20a |
| Item: |
Thailand, Government of Siam
100 Baht TB32 1925-27 - Printer: TDLR |
| Grade: |
PMG VF 30 |
| Cert #: |
2258352-068
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Owner Comments
April 1, 1925. This was the first year of issue of this series, and the last year of Rama VI's life. He died about seven months after this note was issued, on November 26, 1925. The rest of the notes in this series were issued under his little half-brother, Rama VI.
By 1925, Siam was not issuing full Baht coins anymore. There were half and quarter Baht silver coins still issued in 1925, but they were in debased 0.65 fine silver (0.0784 ASW in a quarter Baht), not the 0.90 fine silver of the full Baht coins at the beginning of Rama VI's reign. So, 100 Baht as represented by this note equaled 31.36 troy ounces of fine silver. Almost a kilogram. That's about $1,000 USD today in late October, 2024.
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| Slot: |
100 Baht 1925-28 Issue Series 2 Government Of Siam P20b |
| Item: |
Thailand, Government of Siam
100 Baht TB33 1928-38 - Printer: TDLR |
| Grade: |
PMG VF 25 |
| Cert #: |
8064934-042
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Owner Comments
May 1, 1932. These 100 baht notes must have been exceedingly serious business at the time, with a half baht still corresponding roughly to a silver United States quarter dollar in the run up to the Great Depression. Considering the relative poverty of most of Siam at that time, compared to the United States, this note would have been something most people never saw.
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