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1/2 Tamlueng - Rama IV White metal pattern
| Issuer | Thailand |
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| Year | 1860 |
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| Currency | Baht / Tical (1869-1897) |
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| Reverse description | A sacred white elephant passant to left, depicted in fine relief within a central circular medallion surrounded by a beaded inner border and floral ornaments. The surrounding field is filled with an elaborate swirling design of stylized crescent-shaped elements and foliate scrollwork radiating outward in a dynamic pattern. Sixteen small stars are distributed symmetrically throughout the decorative field, denoting the value of 2 Baht. The entire design is enclosed within a continuous beaded border at the rim. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Rama IV — Mongkut — commissioned several pattern coinages in the late 1850s and early 1860s as Thailand negotiated the transition away from bullet money toward Western-style milled coinage. These patterns were almost certainly produced in England, most likely by the Birmingham firm of Pinches or a comparable trade medallist, as the Royal Thai Mint lacked the equipment for such work at the time. White metal was the standard pattern medium for British commercial minters: cheap, workable, and visually distinct from any intended production metal.
The Bowring Treaty of 1855 had opened Siam to foreign trade at scale, making a standardized coinage a practical necessity rather than a symbolic gesture.