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1/2 Baht - Rama IV
| Uitgever | Royal Siamese Mint |
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| Jaar | 1860 |
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| Oriëntatie | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Three tiered ceremonial pagodas (prasat) arranged in a symmetrical group, the tallest at center flanked by two shorter towers, all elaborately decorated with traditional Siamese architectural ornamentation including foliate scrollwork and spires. The design is set within a beaded border with radiating decorative elements emanating from the central pagoda grouping. The overall composition reflects the classical Thai royal emblematic style of the Rama IV period. |
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| Schrift keerzijde | Thai |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Rama IV — Mongkut — authorized Western-style struck coinage in the 1850s partly as a diplomatic calculation: flat, machine-made coins were legible to European trading partners who found the traditional bullet-money (pod duang) baffling. The Royal Siamese Mint, established with equipment sourced from Birmingham, began producing this series around 1860 as Siam negotiated trade treaties with Britain and France simultaneously.
The Y#10.1 designation distinguishes the earlier die variety from later emissions. Surviving examples in problem-free condition are genuinely scarce — most circulated heavily in a domestic economy that had used hand-formed coinage for centuries and treated the new flat pieces no differently.