The residents of Thailand get more interested to buy the commemorative currency note which honors their late king.
Thailand plunged into grief on Thursday following the death of the 88-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
The commemorative note was released five years ago by the Bank of Thailand, but interest of the public in it was renewed after the king’s death on Oct. 13.
Photos show that Thais waited patiently in long queues outside government banks on Tuesday to secure special commemorative 100 baht currency notes in honor of the late king.

The banknote shows the images of the king visiting Thai people, planting grass and playing the saxophone. It is printed with metallic gold ink, instead of the red in the regular 100 baht bill.
Adulyadej died after 70 years on the throne and he is considered the longest-reigning monarch in the world.

Early morning on Tuesday, people began lining up at banks around the country to buy the note. It can be bought for twice its face value at 200 baht ($5.71).
“I want to keep every single note that has a portrait of the king, because one day they’ll be all gone since we’ll be living under a new monarch,” said Surinamon Rakkaew, a 24-year-old.
“I came to exchange my bills as a memento so that one day I can commemorate the late king Rama IX,” said 35-year-old Pawan Tomuean, using the king’s formal title, as he carefully inserted his newly acquired bill into a protective case. “One day I will be able to celebrate his goodness and all the great things he did for this nation.”
Since there is a huge demand, the Government Savings Bank that had a stock of 90,000 bills, but it will limit the sale to five bills per customer.
“We believe that all 90,000 bills will be distributed today and we are in the process of requesting more bills from the Bank of Thailand,” said Vitai Ratanakorn, a top official of Government Savings Bank.
He said he expects a new stock of 200,000 bills will become available on Thursday.