BANGKOK, 24 February 2015 – The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has unveiled the latest version of 100 baht banknote, equipped with advanced anti-counterfeiting features. The new banknotes are scheduled to be circulated to the public on 26 February 2015.
According to the BOT’s Deputy Governor Corporate Support Services and Banknote Management Paiboon Kittisrikangwan, the BOT has launched the 16th edition of the 100 baht banknote to replace the current edition that has been in circulation for 9 years.
The new 100 baht notes have been designed in honour to King Taksin the Great under the concept of ‘Honouring the Thai Monarch’. The artwork on the banknotes has been beautifully designed while integrating modern anti-counterfeiting features that allows for the easy verification by the public, private sectors, financial institutes, and the visually impaired.
The BOT’s Assistant Governor Banknote Management Group Woraporn Tangsaghasaksri said that the latest 100 baht bill still utilizes the same dimensions and colour as the previous version.
New anti-counterfeiting features have pushed production costs up by 20-30 percent when compared to the previous version of banknotes. Approximately 1.2 billion 100 baht banknotes of the old versions are still in circulation, said the BOT’s Assistant Governor.
The BOT will introduce the new 100 banknotes to the public on 26 February 2015. The public are able to exchange their existing banknotes for the new ones at all bank offices nationwide, while the previous versions will still be valid for payments.
