New 500-baht banknote launched

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New 500-baht banknote launched

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The Central Bank has issued a new, modernised 500-baht banknote with new safeguards to make forgery more difficult.

Thong-urai Limpiti, a deputy governor of the Bank of Thailand, said the new banknote will be being circulation next Monday.The old banknote, which has been used over the past 12 years, remains valid.

She said the new banknote is the same size as the old one, at 72 X 156mm, and its overall colour remains purple.

Source: Bangkok Post
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