World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings - Ancient Thai Money (1991)
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Issue
Name: |
World Bank/International
Monetary Fund Annual Meetings |
Thai
Issue
Name: |
การประชุมสภาผู้ว่าการธนาคารโลก/กองทุนการเงินระหว่างประเทศ |
Issue Date: |
1991/2534-10-15 |
Cause: |
To mark the World Bank's and
IMF's annual meetings and to publicize ancient Thai money |
Catalogue Number: |
1991/28-31 |
Denomination: |
2 Baht, 4 Baht, 8 Baht, 10
Baht |
Unused Value: |
11 Baht, 15 Baht, 20 Baht, 20 Baht |
Complete Set: |
66 Baht (unused), 34 Baht
(used) |
Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
Size: |
27 x 45 mm |
Quantity
of Stamps: |
3 million pieces for design 1
and 1.2 million
pieces for each of the other designs |
Printer: |
Leigh-Mardon Pty. Limited, Australia |
Subject: |
Ancient Thai Money. Design 1: Silver coin from the reign of King
Rama IV, issued in 1860 as the first flat coin of that
reign. On the obverse side, it has the
mongkut
or royal crown, flanked
by two multi-layered parasols or
chattra,
i.e. the royal emblem of Rama IV, while on the reverse side it has a
White Elephant,
the symbol of
Siam,
located in the centre of a disc or
chakra,
i.e. the symbol of the
Chakri
Dynasty. In the background is a
silhouette of
Wat Phra Kaew
(fig.)
in
Bangkok;
Design 2:
Bullet money
from
the reign of King
Rama IV,
with the mongkut or royal crown embossed on the side and a disc or
chakra,
the symbol of the
Chakri
Dynasty, stamped on the top. In
the background are the outlines of
Wat Mahathat
(fig.)
in
Sukhothai
and
Wat Arun
(fig.)
in
Bangkok,
an indication that this type of money was in use since the Sukhothai Period
up to the
Rattanakosin
or Bangkok Period, until it was
completely exchanged for the coin system in the reign of King
Rama V;
3. On the left: double
bracelet money,
a type of money, which
was used only in northern Thailand, sometime in the
Lan Na
Period, and known as
ngun keuak mah,
which is a type of
ngun chieng;
and on the right:
ngun hoi
(fig.),
a type of money similar to
ngun lahd
(fig.)
or
ngun reua (fig.), and used by peoples that
inhabited the
Mekhong region,
i.e. northern Thailand and
Isaan,
but longer and narrower at the centre than nugn lahd, and with a rim
made of double dots that surround the edges. In the background is the
silhouette of
Wat Doi Suthep
(fig.)
in
Chiang Mai;
4. On the left:
Funan
money; in the middle:
Dvaravati
money; and on the right:
Srivijaya
money. In the background is an outline of
Phra Pathom Chedi
(fig.)
in
Nakhon Pathom and
Wat
Phra
Borommathat
Chaiya
(วัดพระบรมธาตุไชยา) in
Yala. In addition, in the top right
corner each stamp has the logo of the World Bank's and IMF's annual meeting,
which consists of a blue globe with white
longitudinal and latitudinal
lines, on a white
silhouette of a lotus flower, which itself is centered onto an ancient
photduang
coin in a golden-brown colour. Underneath the logo in white print is the
date 1991 and the text Bangkok, Thailand, while the entire logo is
surrounded with a circular text in white print, of which the top half reads:
Annual Meetings - Boards of Governors, and the bottom half: World Bank Group
-
International
Monetary Fund. |
Related Link: |
Rama IV,
Rama V,
Wat Phra Kaew,
Wat Mahathat,
Wat Arun,
Wat Doi Suthep,
Phra Pathom Chedi,
photduang,
ngun chieng,
ngun lahd,
ngun hoi,
bullet money,
bracelet money,
ngun keuak mah,
Rattanakosin,
Bangkok,
Sukhothai,
Chiang Mai,
Nakhon Pathom,
Yala,
chakra,
Chakri,
chattra,
Siam,
White Elephant,
mongkut,
Funan,
Dvaravati,
Srivijaya,
Wat,
Phra,
Borom,
That,
Chaiya,
Coin Museum,
Rohng Krasahp Sitthikahn |
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