1 Fueang - Rama V Pattern; Medal alignment

In 1869, Chulalongkorn (Rama V) was still a minor under the regency of Si Suriyawong, and the Siamese mint was actively experimenting with Western-style coinage formats to replace the traditional bullet money still dominant in circulation. Pattern pieces from this transitional window are rarely documented with precision — production figures were not systematically recorded, and many trial strikes left the Royal Mint through unofficial channels. Medal alignment on a coin of this size suggests European die-press influence, almost certainly British, given the Royal Mint's advisory role in Bangkok during the 1860s.