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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clayirving, post: 695156, member: 18867&quot;]There is at least one person interested in stories told by notes (See <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t70163/#post695129" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t70163/#post695129">this thread/post</a>). I didn&#039;t want to hijack that thread, so I&#039;m starting this one. To start, what note better tells a story than the Thailand Commemorative Banknote on the Auspicious Occasion of His Majesty the King&#039;s 80th Anniversary, 5th December 2007. The <a href="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/Thai-003f.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/Thai-003f.jpg" rel="nofollow">obverse side</a> of the note is an &quot;uncut sheet&quot; of a 1, 5, and 10 Baht notes, but the reverse side is a single engraving.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.panix.com/%7Eclay/currency/Thai-003b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The King&#039;s father was a medical doctor who traveled to the US to study medicine at a hospital in Massachusetts. There he met a Thai woman who, if I remember correctly, was studying nursing. They were married and the future King was born in the US. The King as an infant in his fathers arms is at the upper left, and the King as an infant is at the upper right. </p><p><br /></p><p>Following the images down the note, you see the King&#039;s older brother and sisters. The King met his future wife when he was living in Switzerland. They were married, he went back to Thailand and ascended to the throne to become king, he became a Buddhist monk for a short period of time (Thai men are considered &quot;unripe&quot; until they spend some time as a Buddhist monk), The King and Queen had one son and three daughters, and the King is a very good Jazz musician (he&#039;s played with Benny Goodman, Stan Getz, and&nbsp; Lionel Hampton). The King is also an artist, scientist, and photographer. You can see later in his life, you rarely see him without his camera. </p><p><br /></p><p>The lower right corner depicts the King in his robe at the celebration of 60 years (the longest ruling monarch) as the King of Thailand.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this is an incredible note.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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