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10 Satang - Rama IX 4th portrait
| Issuer | Royal Thai Mint |
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| Year | 2008-2017 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse script | Thai |
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| Reverse description | Central depiction of Phra Pathom Chedi, the tall, tapering Buddhist stupa located in Nakhon Pathom province, rendered in fine relief with its surrounding temple structures visible at the base. To the left of the stupa, the denomination appears in Thai numerals (๑๐) above the word สตางค์ and the Arabic numeral 10. The legend ประเทศไทย (Thailand) arcs along the upper left rim, while the Buddhist Era date in Thai numerals appears along the upper right rim. |
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Thailand's aluminium 10 satang has been functionally obsolete for decades — purchasing power so negligible that it rarely enters everyday transactions — yet the Royal Thai Mint continued striking these through 2017 primarily to satisfy legal tender requirements and vending machine calibration standards. The 4th portrait series, introduced to mark a distinct phase of Bhumibol Adulyadej's reign, ran across multiple denominations with consistent design discipline across the set.
Aluminium blanks for Thai coinage during this period were sourced under procurement contracts that changed several times, occasionally producing subtle differences in surface texture between years within the same type.