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1 Fuang - Rama III Luk Sorn
| Issuer | Thailand |
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| Year | 1848 |
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| Weight | 1.8 g |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1848) - Chakra - Luk Sorn Mark - ND (1848) - Luk Sorn Mark - |
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The Luk Sorn ("bullet coins" or pod duang) of Rama III's reign were the last generation of a coinage tradition stretching back centuries in the Siamese kingdoms — hand-formed nuggets bent and punch-marked rather than struck in any Western sense. This particular denomination, the Fuang (one-eighth of a Baht), circulated alongside the earliest Western-style flat coins Thailand would adopt under Rama IV just a few years later. The monetary transition was already in motion when this piece was made.
The .920 fineness on these late pod duang was subject to considerable inconsistency at the Royal Mint; assay records from the period show variance significant enough that contemporaneous merchants sometimes refused them at face value.