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2 Salung - Rama III Prasat
| Issuer | Thailand |
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| Year | 1824-1851 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Impressed into the convex surface of the bullet-shaped planchet is a circular cartouche bearing the Prasat (royal palace) mark, depicting a stylised multi-tiered pavilion or throne hall rendered in low relief. The device is struck within a beaded or plain circular border, centrally positioned on the rounded face of the coin. The hand-struck impression is characteristic of traditional Thai pot duang (bullet money) manufacture, with the surrounding field exhibiting the uneven, lumpy surface typical of the hammered silver flan. |
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| Reverse description | The flat or slightly concave reverse of the bullet-shaped planchet bears two impressed circular cartouches struck in low relief. The upper, larger cartouche contains the Chakra (discus) mark, a spoked wheel device symbolising the Chakri dynasty, while the lower, smaller cartouche repeats the Prasat (palace) device. Both impressions are hand-struck and characteristic of Thai pot duang coinage produced during the reign of Rama III, with the surrounding surface displaying the irregular texture inherent to hammered silver bullet money. |
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Bullet coinage of this type — known in Thai as "pot duang" — was produced by hand, with workers heating silver rod, cutting slugs, and folding them into the characteristic pellet shape before stamping. Each piece is essentially unique in form, which makes grading by conventional standards largely irrelevant. Rama III ruled during a period of intense Western commercial pressure, and these coins circulated alongside foreign trade dollars flooding in through the port of Bangkok.
The 2 Salung denomination equals half a Baht in the traditional Thai weight system, where the Baht itself derived from a unit of mass.