The Treasury department of the Government of Thailand, who are the overseers of circulation and commemorative coinage for the Southeast Asian kingdom, have made announcements regarding a commemorative coin dedicated to the memory of HM King Bhumibol Adulyadej—more commonly known as King Rama IX Chakri—who died last week at the age of 88 after a long illness. His Late Majesty was not only Thailand’s longest-serving king (he came to the throne in 1946 at the age of just 18), he was the world’s longest-serving head of state
