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| Issuer | Thailand |
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| Year | 1856 |
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| Value | 1 Fuang = 1/8 Baht |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1856) - only 5 coins known |
| Additional information |
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.