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1 Fuang - Rama IV
| Issuer | Thailand |
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| Year | 1851 |
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| Weight | 1.9 g |
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| Obverse description | Impressed flat stamped surface bearing the Pra Tao (royal stove or tortoise) device, a traditional Siamese royal symbol rendered in low relief within an oval cartouche. The design is applied by hammer stamp onto the flattened upper surface of the bullet-form planchet. The motif displays characteristic stylized linear detailing typical of mid-19th century Thai bullet coinage under King Rama IV. |
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| Obverse script | Thai |
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Rama IV — Mongkut — had spent 27 years as a Buddhist monk before ascending the throne in 1851, and his reign marked Thailand's first sustained engagement with Western-style monetary reform. The fuang was a traditional Siamese fractional unit, and these early silver issues of his reign still reflect the old bullet-coin tradition being pressed into more recognizable struck form for foreign trade purposes.
C#124 places this within the early transitional coinage before the 1860 royal mint reforms standardized production.