Thai banknotes and their signatures 06a - King Rama IX - 1948 issue

From 1948 on a complete new set of banknotes were issued.
This is known as the 9th series of banknotes. They were printed between 1948 and 1955, and were in use at the time of the coronation of King Rama IX in 1950. Rama IX was officially installed at the age of 18.

In the video above, you find a British newflash of the coronation of King Bumibol (Phumiphon) in 1950.

For this 9th series of banknotes, the signature on the left is from the Finance Minister, the one on the right, of the governor of the Bank of Thailand.
The first set of notes, bare signature combinations 27 to 34.

Although all notes have two signatures again, there is one note (50 satang), that has only one signature.
'Combination' 27, therefore only appears on one single banknote.

Combination 27 : MoF :  M13 Prince Vivadhanajaya [11 Nov 1947 - 8 Apr 1948]
                             BoT : -

Prince Vivadhanajaya

Prince Vivadhanajaya (grandson of King Rama IV). He was Govenor of the Bank of Thailand, then minister of Finance, then again Governor of the BoT, to end as Finance Minister again.

Combination 28 : MoF :  M14 Prince Vivadhanajaya [11 Nov 1947 - 8 Apr 1948]
                             BoT :  B09 Leng Srisomwong [25 Nov 1947 - 2 Sep 1948]

Leng Srisomwong

The 1, 5, 10 and 20 baht-notes, come with red and black serial numbers. Those with red serial numbers are more rare, thus more expensive.

Thailand Pick 069b - signature combination 28

Thailand Pick 069b - signature combination 28

Thailand Pick 069b - reverse

Note: the right signatures is printed on the area of the watermark.

For combination 29, Prince Vivadhanajava becomes Governor of the Bankt of Thailand, and his signature moves to the right, a new minister of Finance, Visut Tonavanik (noble title: Praya Tonavanikmontri) signs to the left

Combination 29 : MoF : M15 Praya Tonavanikmontri (Visut Tonavanik) [15 Apr 1948 - 30 Nov 1948] 
                             BoT :  B10 Prince Vivadhanajaya [11 Nov 1947 - 8 Apr 1948]

Praya Tonavanikmontri (Visut Tonavanik)

Combination 30 : MoF : M14/16 Prince Vivadhanajaya [30 Nov 1948 - 13 Oct 1949]

                             BoT :  B11 M.L. Dej S(a)nidvong* [4 Aug 1949 - 29 Feb 1952]

Here, Prince Viviadhanajava reappears as Finance Minister, and a new Governor of the BoT is added.

M.L. Dej S(a)nidvong

* For Thai speakers, the combination "s+n" is hard to pronounce, they will add an 'a' to make it easier.

to be continued...