Talk:History of Thai money

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Start class

Don't know how to do a start-class template, but this article needs one, and needs a lot of work. I've added two external links to BOT, and will eventually add one to User:Pawyilee/Sandbox/Royal Thai Survey Department, as they were involved in printing banknotes during WWII, in lieu of Thomas de la Rue and Co.

Stearn, Duncan (2003). "Rise of state-sponsored militarism and socialism". Pattaya Mail. XI (26). Pattaya Mail, Pattaya. Retrieved December 3, 2011. Jones made the point that 'British advisers still quietly control the finances of Siam and the Siamese money, which has the comic name of "ticul" (about 50c) is linked with sterling. "Does Japan dominate Siam?" I asked a leading Englishman in Bangkok. He laughed quietly: "Have you any Siamese money?" he asked. I drew out a five-ticul note (about 2 dollars 50c). "Read what is printed at the foot of the note," he commanded. I read, "Thomas de la Rue and Co., London". With calm confidence he said: "As long as the word 'London' stands on that Siamese bill, it is not Japan but another little island which will have the larger say in the Kingdom of Siam."'

WWII Banknotes, Series 4 (Royal Thai Survey Department).

De La Rue resumed printing Thai banknotes after WWII up until 1971. --Pawyilee (talk) 15:59, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Clearing up this mess

This really needs to be blown up and started over. It was originally created by an SPA who probably translated a series of Thai articles from the Treasury Museum's website, and is likely a copyright violation. It's based on a very narrow premise, attempting to present a linear history for Thailand alone but going back to cultures that predate Thailand without accounting for the region's shared history, making it impossible to properly integrate into Wikipedia. The major additions by Pawyilee in 2012 are all about the modern Thai baht, and are mostly excessively detailed clutter. Seligne's 2018 copyedits addressed some language issues but haven't fixed the fundamentally flawed structure of the article. I'd hoped the article may be fixable, but any effort further spent trying to do so would probably be better spent starting from scratch. --Paul_012 (talk) 22:59, 31 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Paul 012: I see what you mean and maybe I haven't helped other than to add a last straw to the camel's back. I have just moved a large section on historical prices to this article from the baht article, where it was far too detailed for an overview article. (Previously at baht, I deleted a wildly WP:OR section on comparative value of other currencies to the baht (going back to Ancient Rome!), all based on the silly error that gold is a fixed reference. Your call. --𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 09:41, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Historical buying power of the Baht throughout history

Text and/or other creative content from this version of Baht was copied or moved into History of Thai money with this edit on 5 June 2024. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

because it was excessively detailed for that (overview) article and seemed more appropriately placed in the article about history. 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 09:08, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]