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1 Fueang - Rama IV Hammering trial strike
| Issuer | Thailand |
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| Year | 1856 |
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| Value | 1 Fuang = 1/8 Baht |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the Mongkut (royal crown), the dynastic symbol of King Rama IV (Mongkut), rendered in low relief in traditional Thai style. The crown motif is flanked by ornamental foliate scrollwork symmetrically arranged within the field. The design is characteristic of mid-19th century Siamese hammered coinage, with the devices struck in shallow but well-defined relief on a plain, unstruck flan. No legend or inscription appears on this face. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Rama IV — Mongkut — commissioned Western-style milled coinage in the 1850s partly to satisfy foreign treaty partners who found traditional bullet coins (pod duang) difficult to verify and exchange. This piece represents the transitional moment when the Bangkok mint was experimenting with mechanical striking before fully committing to the new production method. Trial strikes from this period are genuinely rare; most were never intended for circulation and the survival rate reflects that.