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Luang Pu Tho, Paper Banknote Amulet

Luang Pu Tho, Paper Banknote Amulet - obverseLuang Pu Tho, Paper Banknote Amulet - reverse

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Features

Location Thailand
Type Banknote-like items › Religious paper money
Composition Paper (covered with a protective film)
Size 155 × 80 mm
Shape Rectangular
Technique (The design template for the front cover was probably based on slips from the Series 13.)
Number
N#
529215

Commemorative issue

? Golden Jubilee of Bhumibol Adulyadej?

Obverse

A sculpture of Luang Pu Toh, Phra Rajsangwornbhimon, who died in 1682. Additionally, an oval image of Rama V and also an oval representation of a mythical figure. A value of 100 in Thai and Latin

Scripts: Latin, Thai

Reverse

An image of Rama IX with a monk, 8 small images of sculptures of seated monks. Beneath the image of a gate, the Thai inscription reads: Pratu Chumphor, referring to the Chumphor Gate in Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat). The origin of this amulet can be traced back to Korat, as the depiction of the female figure on the back shows Thao Suranari, a local heroine of Korat.

Scripts: Latin, Thai

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