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1 Fueang - Rama IV
| Issuer | Royal Siamese Mint |
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| Year | 1863 |
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| Value | 1 Fuang = 1/8 Baht |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 1863: ND (1863) |
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Rama IV — Mongkut — authorized gold coinage in part to assert Siam's legitimacy as a modern sovereign state during a period of intense French and British pressure in Southeast Asia. The 1 Fueang denomination sat within the traditional Siamese bullet coin system being phased out in favor of Western-style flat coinage, and gold pieces from this transitional period saw limited circulation, functioning more as presentation and tribute currency than everyday exchange. The Royal Siamese Mint itself had only recently been established with equipment sourced from Britain.