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5 Baht - Rama IX Bangkok
| Issuer | Royal Thai Mint |
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| Year | 1982 |
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| Value | 5 Bahts (5 บาท) (5 THB) |
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| Obverse script | Thai |
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| Mintage | 2525 (1982) - พ.ศ.๒๕๒๕ - 5,000,000 |
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The 1982 5 Baht belongs to a transitional moment in Thai coinage — the Royal Thai Mint was consolidating the Rama IX series following decades of incremental design and compositional changes driven partly by fluctuating metal costs in the late 1970s. Copper-nickel clad copper was adopted in part as a cost-control measure after rising nickel prices made solid cupro-nickel economically impractical for high-denomination circulation coinage.
Y#149 saw substantial mintage and circulated heavily through the Bangkok economy during a period of rapid industrialization. Most survivors show considerable wear on the highest relief areas for that reason.