1 Baht - Rama II

Rama II ruled Siam during a period of active diplomacy with both Western powers and neighboring kingdoms, but coinage policy remained deliberately conservative — pod duang bullet coins like this one had circulated virtually unchanged for centuries, and his reign introduced no rupture with that tradition. The form itself, silver bent and stamped rather than struck flat, descends from a system that predates Bangkok by several dynastic generations.

KM#235 is distinguished from adjacent reigns primarily by its royal marks, which require careful examination. Misattribution between Chakri-era bullet coinage is frequent even in specialist collections.