Ten baht
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10 baht (Thailand) | |
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Value: | 10 Thai baht |
Mass: | 8.5 g |
Diameter: | 26 mm |
Thickness: | 2[citation needed] mm |
Edge: | Reed |
Composition: | Ring: Cupronickel 75% Cu, 25% Ni Centre: Aluminium bronze 92% Cu, 6% Al, 2% Ni |
Years of minting: | 1988–1995, 1997–present |
Catalog number: | - |
Obverse | |
Design: | H.M. King Bhumipol Adulyadej, the Great |
Designer: | Paithoon Na Chiangmai, Supab Aun-aree |
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Reverse | |
Design: | Arun Temple, Bangkok |
Designer: | Paithoon Na Chiangmai, Supab Aun-aree |
Design date: |
The Thailand ten-baht coin is a unit of currency of a Thai baht. Like every coin in Thailand, its obverse featured H.M. King Bhumipol Adulyadej, the Great. Its reverse featured Arun Temple seen from Chao Phraya River. The ten-baht coin is also often used as commemorative coin, like both 50th and 60th Anniversary of Accession to the Throne of King Bhumipol Adulyadej, etc.
The ten-baht coin is very similar to the two–euro coin in size, shape and weight and likewise consists of two different alloys. Vending machines that are not equipped with an up-to-date coin-checking system might therefore accept them as €2 coins.
[edit] Design
In 1996, the obverse and reverse change to celebrate 50th Anniversay of Accession to the Throne of King Bhunipol Adulyadej.
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