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1 Salueng - Rama I
| Issuer | Thailand |
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| Year | 1785-1809 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Unalom (the sacred spiral flame symbol of the Thai royal house), hand-stamped into the convex surface of the bullet-form planchet. The mark is deeply impressed into the rounded, irregular silver mass, which has been folded upon itself in the characteristic pod or bullet shape traditional to Siamese coinage of the period. The Unalom device appears centrally positioned on the upper lobe of the coin. |
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| Mintage | ND (1785-1809) - Unalom - Chakra |
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The bullet coinage of early Rattanakosin — of which this piece is a part — continued a monetary tradition stretching back centuries in the Tai kingdoms, long predating Bangkok's founding in 1782. Rama I made no effort to reform the system; these lumpen silver pieces, hand-formed and countermarked rather than struck from dies in any conventional sense, circulated unchanged from earlier Ayutthayan practice.
KM#C3 places this among the earliest Bangkok-period issues, distinguishable from Ayutthayan predecessors primarily by the royal countermarks applied after forming.