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	King   
    
    Chulalongkorn 
	 
	
			
			songmah, i.e. an 
	
	equestrian 
	statue of King 
	
			
			Rama V 
	
	 
	erected  
	at the 
					
					
					Royal Plaza 
	to commemorate 
	the King's Jubilee of 40 Years on the Throne. It 
	 
	was cast 
	in 1908, by order of the king himself, after an equestrian statue he had 
	seen in Paris, but his with all four hooves on the ground, indicating the 
	steadfast authority and power of its rider, or meaning its rider was 
	still alive when it was cast, at least according to one popular  
	
	
	
	equestrian 
	iconographic
	interpretation. This statue is depicted on the 
	commemorative banknotes of 10  
		
		
		baht, 
	issued in 1995, as well as on several postage stamps, with the first 
	original series 
	being issued in 1908. 
	
						
 
	
															
	 
	
	 
	
	 
	
	  
						
				
  
						
						
		  
																
																
	 
																
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