{"product_id":"thailand-20-baht-2018-p-135-unc-king-x4011","title":"Thailand P135 20 baht 2018 UNC—3 kings—44018","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e20 Baht - Rama X (Series 17; paper) Not Dated (2018)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFront\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFront: \u003cstrong\u003eKing\u003c\/strong\u003e Vajiralongkorn in \u003cstrong\u003eAir Force \u003c\/strong\u003euniform\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBack\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreen on yellowish orange\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKing Rama I and King Rama II\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrand Palace\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMural of a scene from the \u003cstrong\u003ePanji\u003c\/strong\u003e tales\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrishula \u003cstrong\u003etrident\u003c\/strong\u003e in Chakra on the guillochés\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKing Rama I (Buddha Yodfa Chulalok)\u003c\/strong\u003e founded the Chakri dynasty, rebuilt Siam after Ayutthaya’s destruction, established Bangkok as the capital, began construction of the Grand Palace, and restored classical literature and Buddhist institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKing Rama II (Loetla Nabhalai)\u003c\/strong\u003e presided over a flourishing of poetry, court arts, and literary refinement during the early Bangkok period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Thai state\u003c\/strong\u003e dates back to the Sukhothai kingdom in the 1200s, then the Ayutthaya kingdom in the 1300s-1700s. Modern Thailand begins with the \u003cstrong\u003eRattanakosin\u003c\/strong\u003e era founded in \u003cstrong\u003e1782\u003c\/strong\u003e, when the \u003cstrong\u003enew capital \u003c\/strong\u003ewas established at \u003cstrong\u003eBangkok\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003eChakri\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003edynasty\u003c\/strong\u003e commenced. The kings went from exercising absolute authority to constitutional rule after the \u003cstrong\u003e1932 revolution\u003c\/strong\u003e. The monarchy has acted as guardian of \u003cstrong\u003eBuddhism\u003c\/strong\u003e, anchor of national symbolism, and patron of arts, architecture, and modernizing reforms across the 1800s and 1900s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Grand Palace in Bangkok\u003c\/strong\u003e has been the ceremonial center of the Chakri dynasty since 1782, combining royal residences, temple complexes, and state ritual spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePanji mural \u003c\/strong\u003e— Thai adaptation of the \u003cstrong\u003ePanji romance cycles \u003c\/strong\u003eoriginating in Java, integrated into Bangkok-era narrative painting. \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Panji romances are \u003cstrong\u003eSoutheast Asia’s great indigenous love epic,\u003c\/strong\u003e born in medieval Java, later carried to places like Thailand, where their scenes were painted and carved in temples and palaces, including murals in Bangkok. Prince Panji and Princess Candra Kirana were betrothed from birth but are separated by intrigue and war, wander the world in disguise, meet again and again without recognizing each other, fall in love again under different names and identities, and are finally reunited. Indian and Buddhist tales center on gods, but these homegrown Southeast Asian epics focus on human emotion, loyalty, longing, and destiny—in fact, it's metaphysical: \u003cstrong\u003ethe soul forgets itself as it moves through changing forms, yet love carries an unconscious memory of unity and draws the separated halves back together. \u003c\/strong\u003eExistential\u003cstrong\u003e. \u003c\/strong\u003ePanji shows up on temple reliefs, court dances, mask dramas, and murals from Java to Thailand — as a symbol of ideal kingship, faithful love, and the cosmic harmony when the divided finally becomes whole again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Thai currency (baht)\u003c\/strong\u003e evolved from the pre-modern silver tical system into a decimal baht under Rama V’s reforms. The modern baht is issued by the Bank of Thailand (founded 1942), with banknotes typically combining portraits of the reigning king with episodes from earlier reigns, state institutions, scientific achievements, and dynastic emblems such as the Trishula-in-Chakra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Thai alphabet\u003c\/strong\u003e developed in the 13th century from Old Khmer script. 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