20 Baht - Rama X Series 17; polymer

20 Baht - Rama X (Series 17; polymer) - obverse20 Baht - Rama X (Series 17; polymer) - reverse

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Features

IssuerThailand 
Issuing bank Bank of Thailand  (ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย) 
KingPhra Vajira Klao (Rama X / Vajiralongkorn)  (2016-date)
TypeStandard circulation banknotes
Years2022-2024
Value20 Bahts (20 บาท)
20 THB = USD 0.62
CurrencyBaht (1897-date)
CompositionPolymer
Size138 × 72 mm
ShapeRectangular
Number
N#
317869
ReferencesTBB# 200a

Series:  Series 17

Obverse

Green print; multicolour underprint; red serial numbers; black signatures.
Bust of King Vajiralongkorn, in the uniform of the commander of the Royal Thai Air Force, facing slightly left. Crowned "วปร" monograms of him to the left.
Perfect registration printed Garuda on upper right corner. Two transparent windows to the left of monograms; the upper one has multiple small embossed '20'; the lower one has yellow '20' in the center; with another transparent '20' below. EURion constellations on upper right of king's head. Dense repeating microtexts '20' in the shadow to the left of king's neck; uniline repeating microtexts '20' along the edge of leftmost bottom guillochés. Latent number '20' on the left of king's shoulder, visible from bottom-left. Vertical security thread with repeating "20 BAHT 20 บาท" inside, to the left. Tactile ten slanted bars on center-left and center-right edge; tactile eight-pedals-flower arranged as ⠆, Braille '2'.

Scripts: Braille, Thai 

Lettering:
รัฐบาลไทย
ธนบัตรเป็นเงินที่ชําระหนี้ได้ตามกฎหมาย
ยี่สิบบาท

๒๐          20

Translation:
Government of Thailand.
Banknote is legal tender for paying debt.
Twenty Baht.

20 

Reverse

Green print; yellowish orange underprint.
Half-length figure of King Rama I and King Rama II, both facing slightly right. Grand Palace to the lower left of Rama I. Reproduction of Thai mural of a scene from Panji tales to the lower right of King Rama II. Trishula trident in Chakra on guillochés background, to the upper right of King Rama II. Arabic numerals denomination on guillochés background, on upper-left; Thai numerals denomination on bottom-left corner.
EURion constellations on lower-left corner, top-right corner, and bottom-right corner. Uniline repeating microtexts '20' hidden in background motifs; uniline repeating microtexts '20' on the edge of guillochés surrounding Arabic numerals denomination.

Script: Thai 

Lettering:
20