Note and Coin News

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has launched new 50 and 100 baht (THB) banknotes on polymer, which will go into circulation in November. The launch builds on the success of the THB 20 note, which was issued in 2022, and which studies by the BOT have shown is four times more durable than its paper counterpart. The projected savings as a result over the eight years that the notes are expected to last are 350 million banknotes per year, reducing production, transport and resource costs.

The new THB 50 and THB 100 notes retain the familiar designs of the current paper versions while incorporating advanced security features.

The substrate for the THB 100, which accounts for one third of all banknotes in circulation, is CCL Secure’s GUARDIAN™. It incorporates a complex window, a GSWITCH™ dynamic colour-shifting feature that makes a flower on the note change from purple to orange when tilted, and a secondary window contains a METALIX™ pentagon with a brilliant metallic sheen and a lustrous gold finish.