Thailand Provincial Medals

Provincial Commemorative Medal
all over Thailand 78 province
There are 3 sizes
7 cm, 4 cm, 2.5 cm

Production of Provincial Medals of Thailand
          The Treasury Department started the production of provincial medals of Thailand in order to support the tourism campaign, and disseminate Thai identity and local wisdom of each province to Thai and foreign people. Considered Thailand’s tourism industry foresaw to be a major contributor of the country, the government developed tourist attractions, for example, providing nationwide infrastructure for tourism and services with a dispersal strategy, and increasing functional value such as applying tourist attractions to be learning centers or cultural or natural conservation center, and producing souvenirs which presents local identity and wisdom of each province. Provincial medals by the Treasury Department, in this regard, supported the government’s tourism campaign by presenting the identity of each province on the obverse. The reverse featured the seal’s picture of a province, designated by the Treasury Department. Every province has had its seal since 1939 (during Prime Minister Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkram) designed by the Fine Arts Department under the concept of each province’s identity. Some designs were the former rulers’ insignia. The Treasury Department designed the reverse of thirty-four provinces featuring each province’s identity. Additionally, the Treasury Department gave people a chance to design the obverse of forty-four provinces. The winner would be awarded four thousand baht with a certificate. The award ceremony was held at the Treasury Department building three times: 

          1. Friday, May 3, 1991 Fourteen provincial medals
          2. Thursday, September 25, 1992 Thirteen provincial medals
          3. Thursday, September 30, 1993 Seventeen provincial medals

          Pictures which were designated to be imprinted on provincial medals included archaeological sites, venerable people, tradition, ways of life and natural places. They are cultural and natural heritages of each province, so they appeal to both Thai and foreign people to visit. More importantly, some places are inscribed on World Heritage Lists; these medals of some provinces become historical records of World Heritage Sites in Thailand.