King Vajiravudh Centennial Anniversary

ฉลองพระบรมราชสมภพครบ 100 ปี ร.6  

1981/2524-01-01

To celebrate the Centenary of King Wachirawut, who was born on Thursday 1 January 1880

1981/1

0.75 Baht

35 Baht

6 Baht

n/c

45 x 27 mm

6,000,000 pieces

Harrison & Sons Co., Ltd., England

Portrait of King Wachirawut in an oval white frame against a dark orange background decorated with golden kanok motifs. The orange corresponds to the colour of Thursday according to the sih prajam wan-system, i.e. the birthday of King Rama VI. On the white oval frame, printed in black, is −on the right side− the text: King Vajiravudh's Centennial Anniversary; and in Thai −on the left side− an equivalent of this text, i.e.: Phra Boromma Racha Somphop Krob 100 Pih (พระบรมราชสมภพ ครบ ๑๐๐ ปี), as well as the date 1 January  2524 BE (๑ มกราคม ๒๕๒๔). At the bottom of the white frame is a golden vajra, i.e. the symbol of this King that also refers to his name, which literally means ‘Armed with a Vajra’. At the top of the oval frame, above the portrait, is the Phra Maha Phichai Mongkut, i.e. the Great Crown of Victory, a golden chadah-like crown (fig.), that belongs to the Royal Regalia called kakuthaphan in Thai.

Rama VI, Wachirawut, Vajiravudh, vajra, BE, Phra Maha Phichai Mongkut, chadah, kakuthaphan, Phra, borom, racha, somphop, sih prajam wan, kanok