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Strong public demand for commemorative banknotes

BANGKOK, July 10 (TNA) - There has been strong public demand for the special commemorative "vertical" banknotes, according to the Bank of Thailand (BOT).

The banknotes are being issued to honour Her Majesty the Queen’s 6th cycle birthday which falls on 12 August 2004.

The central bank has issued 7,299,999 bills of the 100- baht "vertical" banknote -- the first of its kind in Thailand.

Crowds lined up to place their orders for the bills on 5 July when pre-sales started.

The central bank took 3.5 million orders during the first four days (5-8 July)--800,000 orders were for the first bill set with "silk bags", "banknote frames" and "folders.

There were 2.7 million orders for the second bill set with folders.

The commemorative bank notes are available at branches of local commercial banks, the Government Savings Bank (GSB), the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC), and the Government Housing Bank (GHB) throughout the country.

Quelle: http://etna.mcot.net/query.php?nid=28902