Thailand

Sukothai Kingdom (1238-1438), Ayutthaya Kingdom (1351-1767), Thonburi Kingdom (1767-1782), Kingdom of Siam (1782-1939, 1945-1949), Kingdom of Thailand (1939-1945, 1949-present)

Country in Southeast Asia

Location: Southeast Asia

Capital City: Sukothai (1238-1347), Song Khwae (1347-1438, Sukothai), Ayutthaya (1351-1767), Thonburi (1767-1782), Bangkok (1782-present)

Government type: Decentralized Monarchy (1238-1600), Absolute Monarchy (1600-1932), Constitutional Monarchy (1932-present)

Main languages: Thai, Isan, Lanna, Dambro

Main religions: Theravada Buddhism

Chronology

1238: Sukothai kingdom founded, independent from the Mon kingdom of Lavo

1351: Ayutthaya Kingdom founded

1378-1438: Sukothai a tributary to Ayutthaya

1438: Sukothai annexed by Ayutthaya

1564-1584: Vassal of Burma

1767: Ayutthaya fragments after major war with Burma into the small kingdoms of Thonburi, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phimai, Phitsanulok, and Swangkhaburi

1770: Siam reunited by Thonburi

1782: End of Thonburi period

1941-1945: Partially occupied by Japan

Currency

First Baht (1238-1869)

1 Baht = 4 Salung = 8 Fuang = 32 Pai • 1 Tamlung = 4 Baht

Second Baht (1869-1897)

1 Baht = 4 Salung = 8 Fuang = 16 Sik = 32 Siao = 64 Att = 128 Solot • 1 Chang = 20 Tamlung = 80 Baht

Third Baht (1897-present)

1 Baht = 4 Salung = 64 Att = 100 Satang

Coins from Thailand in the collection

Thonburi Kingdom (1767-1782)

•1 Salung, King Taksin (1767-1782) (silver)

Kingdom of Siam (1782-1939, 1945-1949)

•1 Fuang, King Rama I (1782-1809) (silver, C#3)

•1 Baht, King Rama III (1824-1851) (silver)

•1 Solot, 1875 (King Rama V (1868-1910), copper, Heaton Mint (Birmingham), Y#17)

•1 Att, 1875 (King Rama V (1868-1910), copper, Heaton Mint (Birmingham), Y#18)

•1 Fuang, 1860 (King Rama IV (1851-1868), silver, Y#8)

•1 Att, 1903 (King Rama V (1868-1910), bronze, Heaton Mint (Birmingham), Y#22)

•1 Satang, 1927 (King Rama VII (1925-1935), bronze, Osaka mint, Y#35)

•5 Satang, 1909 (King Rama V (1868-1910), nickel, Brussels mint, Y#36)

•10 Satang, 1921 (King Rama VI (1910-1925), nickel, Heaton Mint (Birmingham), Y#37)

•1 Salung, 1919 (King Rama VI (1910-1925), silver (.650), Y#43a)

•1 Baht, 1916 (King Rama VI (1910-1925), silver (.900), Y#45)

Kingdom of Thailand (1939-1945, 1949-present)

•1 Satang, 1996 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), aluminum, Y#342) Commemorative: Golden Jubilee of King Rama IX

•5 Satang, 1941 (King Rama VIII (1935-1946), silver (.650), Y#55)

•5 Satang, 1957 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), aluminum bronze, Bangkok mint, Y#78)

•5 Satang, 1991 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), aluminum, Y#208)

•10 Satang, 1957 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), aluminum bronze, Bangkok mint, Y#79d)

•25 Satang, 1957 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), aluminum bronze, Bangkok mint, Y#80)

•25 Satang, 1977 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), brass, Y#109)

•25 Satang, 1992 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), brass, Y#187)

•25 Satang, 1997 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), brass, Y#187)

•25 Satang, 2008 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), copper-plated steel, Munich, Paris, Vantaa, and Warsaw mints, Y#441)

•25 Satang, 2018 (King Rama X (2016-present), copper-plated steel, Centurion mint, Y#572)

•50 Satang, 1946 (King Rama VIII (1935-1946), tin, Y#71)

•50 Satang, 1957 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), aluminum bronze, Bangkok mint, Y#81)

•50 Satang, 1980 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), aluminum bronze, Y#168)

•50 Satang, 1990 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), aluminum bronze, Y#203)

•50 Satang, 2018 (King Rama X (2016-present), copper-plated steel, Centurion mint, Y#573)

•1 Baht, 1962 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), cupronickel, Bangkok mint, Y#84)

•1 Baht, 1972 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), cupronickel, Y#97) Comemmorative: Investiture of Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn

•1 Baht, 1974 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), cupronickel, Y#100)

•1 Baht, 1977 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), cupronickel, Y#110)

•1 Baht, 1977 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), cupronickel, Y#114) Commemorative: Graduation of Princess Sirindhorn

•1 Baht, 1982 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), cupronickel, Y#159)

•1 Baht, 1988 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), cupronickel, Vantaa and Winnipeg mints, Y#183)

•1 Baht, 1990 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), cupronickel, Vantaa and Winnipeg mints, Y#183)

•1 Baht, 1993 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), cupronickel, Vantaa and Winnipeg mints, Y#183)

•1 Baht, 1995 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), cupronickel, Vantaa and Winnipeg mints, Y#183)

•1 Baht, 2004 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), cupronickel, Vantaa and Winnipeg mints, Y#183)

•1 Baht, 2006 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), cupronickel, Vantaa and Winnipeg mints, Y#183)

•1 Baht, 2018 (King Rama X (2016-present), nickel-plated steel, Y#574)

•2 Baht, 1985 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), cupronickel-plated copper, Y#307) Commemorative: FAO

•2 Baht, 2006 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), nickel-plated steel, Winnipeg mint, Y#44)

•2 Baht, 2018 (King Rama X (2016-present), copper-aluminum-nickel, Y#575)

•5 Baht, 1972 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), cupronickel, Y#98)

•5 Baht, 1979 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), cupronickel-plated copper, Y#111)

•5 Baht, 1982 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), cupronickel-plated copper, Y#160)

•5 Baht, 1987 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), cupronickel-plated copper, Y#185)

•5 Baht, 1993 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), cupronickel-plated copper, Pathum Thani mint, Y#219)

•5 Baht, 1994 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), cupronickel-plated copper, Pathum Thani mint, Y#219)

•5 Baht, 2005 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), cupronickel-plated copper, Pathum Thani mint, Y#219)

•5 Baht, 2018 (King Rama X (2016-present), copper-aluminum-nickel, Singapore mint, Y#576)

•10 Baht, 1989 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), aluminum bronze center in cupronickel ring, Y#227)

•10 Baht, 1995 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), aluminum bronze center in cupronickel ring, Y#227)

•10 Baht, 1998 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), aluminum bronze center in cupronickel ring, Y#227)

•10 Baht, 2006 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), aluminum bronze center in cupronickel ring, Y#431) Commemorative: Diamond Jubilee of King Rama IX

•10 Baht, 2018 (King Rama X (2016-present), copper-aluminum-nickel center in cupronickel ring, Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation (Daejeon), Y#577)

•50 Baht, 1974 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), billon, Y#101) Commemorative: 100th Anniversary of the National Museum of Thailand

•50 Baht, 1996 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), cupronickel, Y#336) Commemorative: FAO/Golden Jubilee of King Rama IX

Banknotes from Thailand in the collection

Kingdom of Thailand (1939-1945, 1949-present)

•1 Baht, 1955 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), P#74)

•5 Baht, 1969 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), P#82)

•20 Baht, 2003 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), P#109)

•20 Baht, 2022 (King Rama X (2016-present), TBB#200a)

•50 Baht, 1997 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), P#102)

•100 Baht, 1978 (King Rama IX (1946-2016), P#89)