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1/4 Tical Pattern
| Issuer | Cambodia |
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| Year | 1848 |
| Type | Coin pattern |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a frontal elevation of a Khmer royal palace pavilion or prasat, rendered in precise architectural detail with tiered rooflines, arched central portal, decorative corner finials with flame or naga motifs, and a tall spire surmounted by a foliate crown at the apex. The structure is depicted symmetrically and fills the central field, conveying the grandeur of traditional Cambodian royal architecture. The design is surrounded by a continuous toothed border matching that of the obverse, with the field left plain above and below the structure. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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This pattern was struck in the context of King Ang Duong's effort to modernize Cambodian coinage after decades of reliance on Vietnamese-administered currency and the crude bullet-shaped tical pieces that preceded it. Ang Duong, who came to power under Siamese and Vietnamese suzerainty, pursued monetary reform partly as an assertion of royal authority — the 1848 patterns represent early exploratory strikes, likely produced or supervised with outside technical assistance, that never reached circulation.
White metal trial pieces of this type are rarely encountered; most known examples have been in institutional or major private collections since the nineteenth century.