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70-639: Yala province is in southern Thailand. The highest point of the Sankalakhiri Range (Northern Titiwangsa Mountains), the 1,533-meter (5,030 ft)-high Ulu Titi Basah (ฮูลูติติปาซา), is on the Thai/Malaysian border between Yala province and Perak . The total forest area is 1,455 km (562 sq mi) or 32.5 percent of provincial area. There are three national parks, along with two other national parks, make up region 6 (Pattani branch) of Thailand's protected areas. The name "Yala"

140-562: A drainage divide of some major rivers of Peninsular Malaysia such as the Pahang , Perak , Kelantan , Klang and Muar . The length of mountain range is about 480 km from north to south. The Titiwangsa Mountains are predominantly granitic . The mountain range is part of a suture zone that runs north–south, starting in Thailand at the Nan - Uttaradit suture zone (partly coincident with

210-425: A gold standard . From 1856 to 1864, the values of certain foreign silver coins were fixed by law, with 5 baht = 3 Spanish dollar = 7 Indian rupees . Before 1880 the exchange rate was fixed at 8 baht per pound sterling , falling to 10 to the pound during the 1880s. In 1902, the government began to increase the value of the baht by following all increases in the value of silver against gold but not reducing it when

280-467: A traditional system of units related by simple fractions and multiples, one of which is the baht . These are listed in the following table: Though the coins themselves have names like: solot , siao , sik , etc, the formal division of the Thai baht (tical) is 1 baht = 8 fueang = 64 at . This means that one baht is divided into eight fueang , and each one fueang is divided into 8 at . Currently,

350-578: A Royal Treasury Ministry advisor proposed that the Siamese baht followed the issuances of banknotes followed the British standard. The banknote department was established quickly thereafter. The main characteristic of this series was that the notes were one-sided and multilingual, containing Chinese , Malay (in Jawi script ), and Latin scripts. It was also the last series to use the term "tical" to refer to

420-402: A chang, the other name is ekkang, or one thai tamlueng. The tot means ten, as in 1/10 of a chang . The coin was also called thukkang , which means two tamlueng . In the lower denominations materials such as tin , copper and brass are used, since these are quite low value. The first series to depict king Rama V, the coins of this issue were made of copper, silver, and gold. Though gold

490-500: A dual purpose: it authenticated the money and allowed for the quality of the silver to be tested. Over time, as the Sukhothai Kingdom declined and became a vassal state of Ayutthaya—which was established as the capital in 1350—the design of photduang evolved. The coins became rounder with shorter legs, and the central hole, while still present, grew smaller. By the end of this era, the hole disappeared completely. The cuts on

560-488: A few computer fonts have any content for this codepoint and its use is deprecated. (The Japanese for "baht" is バ ーツ ( bā tsu ). However, the reference glyph ⟨㌬⟩ and the character name correspond to パ ーツ ( pā tsu , from English "parts"). ) Before decimalization, the Siamese government employed Chinese , Latin , Jawi ( Malay ), Devanagari , Khmer and Khom , Lanna , and Burmese scripts  in banknotes and coins, as seen. The reason

630-454: A miner with simple mining tools including hoes, crowbars, and baskets. Yala was originally a mining town with tin and tungsten ores. The provincial tree is the red saraca ( Saraca declinata ), and the provincial flower is the bullet wood ( Mimusops elengi ). Khela mahseer ( Tor douronensis ) is the provincial fish, since it is a rare fish that can only be found in the lower southern region. Currently, Yala Provincial Fisheries Office

700-602: A new coinage was introduced, consisting of aluminium 1, 5 and 10 satang, aluminium bronze 25 and 50 satang, cupronickel 1 baht, cupronickel-clad copper 5 baht and bimetallic 10 baht. Cupronickel-clad steel 2 baht were introduced in 2005. The current coin series is the 14th issue. In 2008, in the 13th issue, the Ministry of Finance and the Royal Thai Mint announced the 2009 coin series, which included changes in materials to reduce production costs as well as an update of

770-466: A new family of banknotes featuring a portrait of the current King Vajiralongkorn (Rama X). The main colors and dimensions of the notes are the same as before, with the back designs featuring images of the Kings of Thailand from past to present. The 20, 50 and 100 baht banknotes were issued on Chakri Memorial Day, April 6, 2018. The final two denominations, 500 and 1,000 baht were issued on the anniversary of

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840-533: A series of silver coins was introduced in denominations of 5, 10, and 20 satang, due to a shortage of nickel caused by World War II . The next year, tin coins were introduced for 1, 5, and 10 satang, followed by 20 satang in 1945 and 25 and 50 satang in 1946. In 1950, aluminium bronze 5, 10, 25, and 50 satang were introduced whilst, in 1957, bronze 5 and 10 satang were issued, along with 1-baht coins struck in an unusual alloy of copper, nickel, silver and zinc. Several Thai coins were issued for many years without changing

910-461: A spoked wheel symbolizing the "Wheel of Law" from Buddhist teachings or the Chakra (Vishnu's weapon), represented by a pattern of 8 dots surrounding a central dot. The king's personal mark varied with each ruler and included symbols such as a conch shell, a Garuda bird ( khrut ), an elephant, and an anchor, each symbolizing different aspects of the king's reign or divine associations. *continues in

980-497: Is a separatist movement in Yala, which after being dormant for many years, emerged again in 2004 and has become increasingly violent. Eight bombs exploded in the province over two days, on 6–7 April 2014. The bombings resulted in one death and 28 injuries, as well as damage to a warehouse estimated at 100 million baht . The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 2014 advised its citizens to only undertake essential travel in

1050-690: Is able to breed. Yala is divided into eight districts ( amphoe ), which are further divided into 56 subdistricts ( tambon ) and 341 villages ( muban ). As of 26 November 2019 there are: one Yala Provincial Administration Organisation ( ongkan borihan suan changwat ) and 16 municipal ( thesaban ) areas in the province. Yala has city ( thesaban nakhon ) status and Sateng Nok and Betong have town ( thesaban mueang ) status. Further 13 subdistrict municipalities ( thesaban tambon ). The non-municipal areas are administered by 47 Subdistrict Administrative Organisations - SAO ( ongkan borihan suan tambon ). In January 2022, Thailand's transport ministry completed

1120-510: Is not clear, though it is a common understanding that it is to ease the facilicitation of trade within Siam. It could also be the case that at the time, the capital, Bangkok (Phra Nakhon) was still a multi-cultural city, so as to be more inclusive, the government added various other language onto the currency - though by the second series after the decimalization in the 1900s, the currency was all but monolingual. 圓 ; yuán ( บาท ): This character

1190-668: Is the Thai transliteration of the Malay word "Jala" ( Jawi : جالا), meaning "net", which was in turn derived from Sanskrit ( Devanagari : जाल). The province is also known as "Jala" in Patani Malay language. Historically, Pattani province was the centre of the Sultanate of Patani , a semi-independent Malay kingdom that paid tribute to the Thai kingdoms of Sukhothai and Ayutthaya . After Ayutthaya fell under Burmese control in 1767,

1260-536: Is the chain of mountains that forms the backbone of the Malay Peninsula . The northern section of the range is in southern Thailand , where it is known as the Sankalakhiri Range ( Thai : ทิวเขาสันกาลาคีรี ; RTGS : Thio Khao Sankalakhiri ; pronounced [tʰīw kʰǎw sǎn.kāːlāːkʰīːrīː] ). The mountain range acts as a natural divider, dividing Peninsular Malaysia , as well as southernmost Thailand, into east and west coast regions. It also serves as

1330-461: Is the official currency of Thailand . It is divided into 100 satang ( สตางค์ , pronounced [sà.tāːŋ] ). Prior to decimalisation , the baht was divided into eight fueang ( เฟื้อง , pronounced [fɯá̯ŋ] ), each of eight at ( อัฐ , pronounced [ʔat̚] ). The issuance of currency is the responsibility of the Bank of Thailand . SWIFT ranked the Thai baht as

1400-607: The Dien Bien Phu fault ), and extending south towards Peninsular Malaysia ( Bentong - Raub suture zone). The eastern half of the Titiwangsa Mountains in Peninsular Malaysia is an amalgamation of continental terranes known as Cimmeria or Indochina, whereas the western half is an amalgamation of continental terranes Sinoburmalaya or Sibumasu . These two halves of terranes were separated by

1470-580: The Nakhon Si Thammarat Range which includes the smaller Pattani, Taluban, and Songkhla sub-ranges. The Sankalakhiri marks the border between the Southern Thai provinces of Yala in west and Narathiwat in the east. Across the border into Malaysia, the main stretch of the range runs in a northwest–southeast orientation, straddling the borders between the west coast states of Perak and Selangor with Kelantan and Pahang on

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1540-648: The Paleo-Tethys Ocean . The Cimmeria was separated from Gondwana around 400 mya during the Devonian and rifted towards Laurasia, the northeastern arm of Pangea . It attached to Laurasia completely around 280 mya during the Late Permian . Sibumasu terranes on the other hand, only started to separate from Gondwana during the Early Permian and rifted towards Indochina. The collision of

1610-481: The eastern side of the peninsula. From the tripoint of Pahang , Selangor and Negeri Sembilan near Mount Nuang , it then transverses through the middle of the state of Negeri Sembilan, also a west coast state, thus dividing the state into two regions – western Negeri Sembilan, which consists of Seremban , Port Dickson and Rembau Districts , and eastern Negeri Sembilan, composed of the districts of Jelebu , Kuala Pilah , Jempol and Tampin – and terminates in

1680-403: The 1 solot and 1 at in 1874, with copper 4 at introduced in 1876. The last gold coins were struck in 1895. The first issue of coins were commissioned by Rama IV, though it was never brought into circulation. This was one of the first attempt to replace the bullet coins, but few were ever minted without making it into circulation. The first circulating issue of the Siamese coins. This marked

1750-485: The 1.9 billion baht Betong Airport . It opened in March 2022. Designed to handle 300 arrivals per hour, it is projected to serve 300,000 per year, which will later increase to over one million passengers per year, generating three billion baht for the district. Nok Air , Bangkok Airways , and Malaysia's Firefly Airlines had plans to fly to Betong in 2019. However, Nok Air was the only airline to operate flights to Betong;

1820-523: The 10th-most-frequently used world payment currency as of December 2023. The Thai baht, like the pound , originated from a traditional unit of mass . Its currency value was originally expressed as that of silver of corresponding weight (now defined as 15 grams), and was in use probably as early as the Sukhothai period in the form of bullet coins known in Thai as photduang . These were pieces of solid silver cast to various weights corresponding to

1890-473: The Bank of Thailand announced a new family of banknotes in remembrance of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX). The notes are the same size and dimensions as the "Series 16" banknotes, with the front designs as before, but the back designs featuring images of the king's life in infancy, adolescence and maturity. The new family of banknotes were issued on September 20. In 2018, the Bank of Thailand announced

1960-517: The Currency Act, B.E. 2501. For a time, the baht symbol was appropriated by some as a symbol for Bitcoin , a cryptocurrency . Following representations, a separate code point ( U+20BF ₿ BITCOIN SIGN , a latin letter B with two vertical strokes) was allocated in Unicode version 10.0. In Unicode 1.0, two codepoints were allocated to the baht, one as the currency symbol in

2030-931: The Royal Thai Mint and the Ministry of Finance issued a new series of general circulation coins, featuring the same standard specifications, but feature a portrait of its current king, Vajiralongkorn . In February 2010 the Treasury Department of Thailand stated that it has been planning a new circulation 20-baht coin. In 1851, the government issued notes for 1 ⁄ 8 , 1 ⁄ 4 , 3 ⁄ 8 , 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 tical, followed by 3, 4, 6 and 10 tamlueng in 1853. After 1857, notes for 20 and 40 ticals were issued, also bearing their values in Straits dollars and Indian rupees . Undated notes were also issued before 1868 for 5, 7, 8, 12 and 15 tamlueng, and 1 chang. One at notes were issued in 1874. In 1892,

2100-685: The Sibumasu terranes and Indochina terranes 200 mya during the Late Triassic resulted in the closure of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean and formation of the modern Titiwangsa Mountain belts. Peninsular Malaysia , while being tectonically stable, has a history of intraplate earthquakes , with most of them of low magnitudes. As the Bentong-Raub suture runs parallel to the Titiwangsa Mountains, a large network of fault lines crisscross

2170-523: The Sukhothai era, some coins bore no marks, while others had up to 11. This variation was because, at that time, individuals and merchants could produce their own money. However, from the Ayutthaya period onward, the production of photduang was monopolized by the government, making it easier to identify coins from each era. Ayutthaya photduang typically bore two marks: the dynasty mark, which could be

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2240-676: The Sultanate of Patani gained full independence, but under King Rama I (reigned from 1782 to 1809), the area was again placed under Siam's control in 1785 and made a mueang . In 1808, Mueang Pattani was split into seven smaller mueang including Yala and Reman . The province was recognized as part of Siam by the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 , negotiated with the British Empire , while Siam surrendered its claims to Kelantan , Kedah , Terengganu , and Perlis . There

2310-474: The Thai baht do not employ the at as a subunit, but the at is the current subunit of the Lao kip . This predecimal system was in use up until 1897, when the decimal system devised by Prince Jayanta Mongkol , in which one baht = 100 satang, was introduced by his half-brother King Chulalongkorn along with the demonetization of silver bullet coins on 28 October 1904 after the end of silver bullet coin production by

2380-471: The Thai baht, and the largest in term of size of circulated notes. Series 2 banknotes were produced by Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited. Series 3 type 1 banknotes were produced by Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited. This series was actually delayed due to the Siamese revolution to abolish the absolute monarchy and transform it into a constitutional monarchy. The issuance was supposed to happen in

2450-529: The Thai range and one in the CJK Compatibility block as a square version of the Japanese word for "baht", written in katakana script. The CJK codepoint, U+332C ㌬ SQUARE PAATU , is documented in subsequent versions of the standard as "a mistaken, unused representation" and users are directed to U+0E3F ฿ THAI CURRENCY SYMBOL BAHT instead. Consequently, only

2520-406: The Thai side, the highest point is 1,533 m (5,026 ft) Ulu Titi Basah (ยูลูติติ บาซาห์), at the Thai/Malaysian border between Yala province and Perak . On the other hand, the height gradually diminishes towards the southern reaches of the range, which mainly runs through Negeri Sembilan , with elevations ranging from 1,462 m (4,797 ft) at its highest on Mount Besar Hantu , on

2590-1019: The Thailand-Malaysia Border. Yala's main hospital is Yala Hospital , a regional hospital operated by the Ministry of Public Health . Since 2003, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Thailand has tracked progress on human development at sub-national level using the Human achievement index (HAI), a composite index covering all the eight key areas of human development. National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) has taken over this task since 2017. 6°32′24″N 101°16′52″E  /  6.54000°N 101.28111°E  / 6.54000; 101.28111 Titiwangsa Mountains The Titiwangsa Mountains ( Malay : Banjaran Titiwangsa ; Jawi : بنجرن تيتيوڠسا ‎, pronounced [ˈband͡ʒaˈran titiwaŋˈsa] ), also known as Banjaran Besar (lit. 'main range') by locals,

2660-837: The Titiwangsa Mountains. As a precautionary move, the Department of Minerals and Geosciences pitched 23 Earthquake Benchmark (PAG, Malay : Penanda Aras Gempa ) stations around earthquake-prone areas in Peninsular Malaysia, with 13 in Pahang , six in Selangor , and two each in Perak and Negeri Sembilan to monitor possible movements within the fault network. The Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change (NRECC) also pointed out that strong earthquakes centred in neighbouring Sumatra , Indonesia could potentially activate ancient faults in Peninsular Malaysia and

2730-511: The baht being in the middle. In summary, 64 at = 1 baht = 1/80 chang . In reality, this was just a simplification of the old system, which was scrapped. In which, during the period of 1902–1908, Siam went back to the old system. Though in comparison, at is used as the subunit in Laos, compared to the satang in the Thai baht. The second attempt came at the end of Rama V's reign, where it was more widely accepted and put into effective use. In 1897,

2800-567: The baht was pegged to the US dollar at an exchange rate of 20.8 baht = one dollar and at 20 baht = 1 dollar until 1978. A strengthening US economy caused Thailand to re-peg its currency at 25 to the dollar from 1984 until 2 July 1997, when the country was affected by the 1997 Asian financial crisis . The baht was floated and halved in value, reaching its lowest rate of 56 to the dollar in January 1998. It rose to 30 per dollar in January 2021. The baht

2870-464: The birth of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, July 28, 2018. The characteristic of the banknotes of this era was that there were no series issued at the same time, rather they were issued sporadically and had multiple banks producing their own banknotes. Series 1 was chosen due to the series which precedes this were non-decimal. Series 1 banknotes was the first series to be produced by Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited. In 1900, Charles James Rivett Carnac,

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2940-501: The border between the state and Pahang , as well as 1,193 m (3,914 ft) on Mount Telapak Buruk on the boundary between the districts of Seremban and Jelebu to 500–700 metres (1,600–2,300 ft). The rainforests of the Titiwangsa Mountains form part of the Titiwangsa Forest Complex , which is itself part of the larger Central Forest Spine conservation area. A number of roads and highways cut through

3010-550: The coin section* Rama III (1824–1851) was the first king to consider the use of a flat coin. He did so not for the convenience of traders, but because he was disturbed that the creatures living in the cowrie shells were killed. When he learned of the use of flat copper coins in Singapore in 1835, he contacted a Scottish trader, who had two types of experimental coins struck in England. The king rejected both designs. The name of

3080-428: The country put on these first coins was Muang Thai , not Siam . In 1860, modern-style coins were introduced. These were silver 1 sik ; 1 fueang ; 1 and 2 salueng ; 1, 2, and 4 baht; with the baht weighing 15.244 grams and the others weight-related. Tin 1 solot and 1 at followed in 1862, with gold 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 , 4, and 8 baht introduced in 1863 and copper 2 and 4 at in 1865. Copper replaced tin in

3150-466: The date. These include the tin 1942 1 satang and the 1950 5 and 10 satang, struck until 1973, the tin 1946 25 satang struck until 1964, the tin 50 satang struck until 1957, and the aluminium bronze 1957 5, 10, 25, and 50 satang struck until the 1970s. Cupronickel 1-baht coins were introduced in 1962 and struck without date change until 1982. In 1972, cupronickel 5-baht coins were introduced, switching to cupronickel-clad copper in 1977. Between 1986 and 1988,

3220-535: The denomination in both Arabic and Thai numerals without English text; English speakers continued to refer to these as "ticals". On 27 July 2010, the Bank of Thailand announced that the 16th-series banknotes would enter circulation in December 2010. On 9 August 2012, the Bank of Thailand issued a new denomination banknote, 80 baht, to commemorate queen Sirikit's 80th birthday. It was the first Thai banknote that featured Crane's MOTION security thread. In 2017,

3290-534: The early 1930s. Series 3 type 2 banknotes were produced by Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited. It was the first series to hold King Rama VIII 's portrait, which replaced King Rama VII 's portrait in the type 1. Series 4 type 1 banknotes were produced by Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited. Series 4 type 2 banknotes were produced by Royal Thai Survey Department and the Naval Hydrographic Department. During World War II , Thailand

3360-594: The effects of tremors could be felt around areas along the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia. This mountain range is a part of the wider Tenasserim Hills . It forms the southernmost section of the Indo-Malayan cordillera which runs from Tibet through the Kra Isthmus into the Malay Peninsula . The Titiwangsa Mountains proper begin in the north as the Sankalakhiri Range, a prolongation of

3430-524: The elliptical nick, whereas the Rattanakosin coins reintroduced this feature, similar to the Ayutthaya coins. Photduang from these later periods typically featured two stamped marks: the dynasty mark on top and the king's personal mark on the front part. The dynasty mark often symbolized the kingdom's ruling dynasty, while the king's personal mark represented the reigning monarch. The markings on photduang coins varied across different periods. During

3500-435: The entirety of Kinta Valley, where kegelkarst topography is prevalent. The mountain range was the subject of the patriotic song "Titiwangsa", which was first sung by Saloma . Its lyrics glorifies the magnificence and beauty of the Titiwangsa Mountains, and its significance to Malaya as a whole. Thai baht The baht ( / b ɑː t / ; Thai : บาท , pronounced [bàːt] ; sign : ฿ ; code : THB )

3570-484: The first coins denominated in satang were introduced, cupronickel 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 , 5, 10, and 20 satang. However, 1 solot , 1, and 2 at coins were struck until 1905 and 1 fueang coins were struck until 1910. In 1908, holed 1, 5, and 10 satang coins were introduced, with the 1 satang in bronze and the 5 and 10 satang in nickel. The 1 and 2 salueng were replaced by 25 and 50 satang coins in 1915. In 1937, holed, bronze 1 ⁄ 2 satang were issued. In 1941,

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3640-625: The image on the obverse to a more recent portrait of the king. The two-baht coin, confusingly similar in color and size to the one-baht coin, was changed from nickel-clad low-carbon steel to aluminium bronze. New two-baht coin was the first of the new series released on 3 February 2009, followed by the satang coins in April, a five-baht coin in May, a ten-baht coin in June, and a one-baht coin in July 2009. In 2018,

3710-417: The legs also reduced in size and were eventually replaced by a small elliptical nick, known as "Met Kao San," on one side of the coin. The Thonburi period (1767–1782) and the Rattanakosin period, beginning in 1782, adopted the photduang design from the late Ayutthaya period. The coins from these periods had no central hole, and the legs were even shorter. A key difference was that Thonburi photduang lacked

3780-501: The mountain range, effectively acting as mountain passes linking settlements on either side of the range. Several popular tourist destinations such as Royal Belum , hill resorts such as Cameron Highlands , Genting Highlands and Fraser's Hill are located on the range. Two of Malaysia's largest metropolitan areas are located along the western fringes of the mountain range, namely Greater Kuala Lumpur (ranked #1) and Kinta Valley (ranked #4). The Kinta Valley Geopark encompasses

3850-574: The mountain range. The known major fault lines in the mountains are the Bukit Tinggi , Kuala Lumpur and Seremban fault lines, with the first two being the most active. Between 1984 and 2013, there were tremors ranging from 1.6 to 4.6 on the Richter scale with local epicentres in Kenyir Lake , Manjung , Temenggor , Bukit Tinggi and Kuala Pilah , the latter three being situated along

3920-904: The notation can write like such: 方銭參圓壹 for one baht, three salueng, and one fueang. Cowrie shells from the Mekong River had been used as currency for small amounts since the Sukhothai period. Before 1860, Thailand did not produce coins using modern methods. Instead, a so-called "bullet" coinage was used, consisting of bars of metal, thicker in the middle, bent round to form a complete circle on which identifying marks were stamped. Denominations issued included 1 ⁄ 128 , 1 ⁄ 64 , 1 ⁄ 32 , 1 ⁄ 16 , 1 ⁄ 8 , 1 ⁄ 2 , 1, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 , 2, 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 , 4, 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 , 8, 10, 20, 40 and 80 baht in silver and 1 ⁄ 32 , 1 ⁄ 16 , 1 ⁄ 8 , 1 ⁄ 2 , 1, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 , 2 and 4 baht in gold. One gold baht

3990-402: The opening of Sitthikarn Royal Mint in 1857. However, coins denominated in the old units were issued until 1910, and the amount of 25 satang is still commonly referred to as a salueng , as is the 25-satang coin. Until 27 November 1902, the baht was fixed on a purely silver basis, with 15 grams of silver to the baht. This caused the value of the currency to vary relative to currencies on

4060-552: The province, while the Australian Government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade recommends that travellers completely avoid the province. Together with Narathiwat , Pattani and Satun , Yala is one of the four provinces of Thailand with a Muslim majority. About 72 percent of the people are Malay-speaking Muslims and mainly live in rural locations. The remainder are Thai and Thai Chinese Buddhists, who live in towns and cities. The provincial seal shows

4130-558: The service was terminated after 28 October 2022 due to high operational cost. As of November 2024, Ezy Airlines had to operate a scheduled commercial flights from Betong to Hat Yai. Yala is served by the State Railway of Thailand from the Yala Railway Station . The province lies on Route [REDACTED] 410 ( Pattani–Betong Highway ), which runs from Pattani through Yala and Betong before passing through

4200-407: The silver price fell. Beginning at 21.75 baht per pound sterling , the currency rose in value until, in 1908, a fixed peg to the British pound sterling was established of 13 baht per pound. This was revised to 12 baht in 1919 and then, after a period of instability, to 11 baht in 1923. During World War II , the baht was fixed at a value of one Japanese yen on 22 April 1942. From 1956 until 1973,

4270-559: The south near the town of Tampin , in the southern part of the state. Outcrops of Titiwangsa granite , mainly consisting of inselbergs , project further south into Malacca , where it abuts in the waters of the Strait of Malacca in Pulau Besar . In general, the greatest elevations occur along the northern and central sections of the range, with its highest point measuring 2,183 m (7,162 ft) on Gunung Korbu , Perak . On

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4340-457: The start of the move away from using photduang currency. Though in this era, the photduang were still legal tender. In this series, the lower denominations were made of silver, and the higher ones were made of gold. These higher denominations were given nicknames: pot dueng , pit , and tot . Pot dueng means thirty two, as in 1/32 of a chang . The other nickname was the chinkang or one Chinese tamlueng . The pit means twenty, as in 1/20 of

4410-533: The treasury issued notes for 1, 5, 10, 40, 80, 100, 400 and 800 ticals, called "baht" in the Thai text. On 10 September 1902, the government introduced notes which were printed by Thomas De La Rue & Company Limited, England , during the reigns of Kings Rama V and Rama VI , denominated 5, 10, 20, 100 and 1000 ticals, still called baht in the Thai text — each denomination having many types, with 1 and 50 tical notes following in 1918. In 1925, notes were issued in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20, 100 and 1,000 baht with

4480-549: Was a minor-issue, where the lesser denominations' designs were updated to incorporate the three-parted shield into the design. The decimalization of the Thai baht came about at the end of the 19th century. The minister of treasury, Jayanta Mongkol, the Prince Mahisara Rajaharudaya , suggested to King Rama V, that decimalization would make counting easier and further modernize Siam. Initially, there would be one superunit, chang , and one subunit, at . with

4550-401: Was generally worth 16 silver baht. Between 1858 and 1860, foreign trade coins were also stamped by the government for use in Thailand. Photduang , a form of currency used during the Sukhothai period, was characterized by its longer legs, which created a larger and wider hole in the middle. These coins were primarily made of silver and featured a cut across the front of each leg. This cut served

4620-447: Was in use from 1851–1908 officially on banknotes and coins to represent salueng. 方 ; fāng ( เฟื้อง ): This character was in use from 1851–1908 officially on banknotes and coins to represent fueang. The notation for these chinese character are written like they are in Thai, though there is a caveat: it is written right to left, as was the convention back then, so one baht is written 圓壹 or 銖壹 , if there are smaller units involved

4690-539: Was originally known to foreigners by the term tical , which was used in English language text on banknotes until the series 2 1925. The currency symbol for the baht is ฿ (a latin letter B with a vertical stroke). In 1986, this symbol was given a codepoint for computer use in the Thai Industrial Standard 620-2533 (Thailand's extension of ASCII ), at position 0xDF. This national standard

4760-429: Was strangely only used for the 1 fueang denomination. The new shield emblem was introduced in this issue. This shield was separated into three section. Drawing from western influences, symbols within these sections represented territories Siam was controlling. The tree-headed elephant represented Siamese territory , the bottom-left elephant represented Lan Xang , and the warangka represented Siamese Malaya. This

4830-580: Was subsequently subsumed into international standards as ISO/IEC 8859-11 ("ISO Latin-Thai"). In turn, the ISO 8859 series were transposed into the Unicode standard, where the symbol was allocated the codepoint U+0E3F ฿ THAI CURRENCY SYMBOL BAHT . The symbol is also used for the Panamanian balboa . In Thai usage, the baht ( บาท ) is legally abbreviated as บ. according to Section 7 of

4900-539: Was use during the times of Rama IV to represent baht, though this was phased out by another character which is in partially and informally used today. The only occurrence of this character was in Rama IV's banknote series. 銖 ; 铢 ; zhū ( บาท ): This character was in use from 1868–1925 officially on banknotes to represent baht. It is still in use today unofficially to refer to the Thai baht in general, as in 泰銖 or 泰铢 . 錢 ; 銭 ; qián ( สลึง ): This character

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