About Type 4 Banknote (Royal Thai Survey Department)
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History
Identical in design to the Type 4 (Thomas) banknote, but printed by the Royal Thai Survey Department of the Army. Because the Second World War caused a shortage of banknotes, the government decided to print notes itself, using raw materials obtainable within the country, and assigned the Royal Thai Survey Department, the Hydrographic Department and some private printing houses to print them under close supervision.
The obverse features as its main portrait a likeness of His Majesty King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) as a youth.
The reverse shows the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall.
There are 4 denominations: 1 baht, 10 baht, 20 baht and 100 baht.
The words "กรมแผนที่" (Survey Department) are printed on the lower margin of the banknote, on both the obverse and the reverse.
The paper used was from the Thai Paper Mill in Kanchanaburi Province.
The notes began to be issued gradually in 1942 (B.E. 2485).