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5 Satang - Rama IX 4th portrait
| Issuer | Royal Thai Mint |
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| Year | 2008-2017 |
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| Weight | 0.6 g |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | 2551 (2008) - พ.ศ. ๒๕๕๑; in sets only - 10,000 2552 (2009) - พ.ศ. ๒๕๕๒; in sets only - 10,000 2553 (2010) - พ.ศ. ๒๕๕๓; in sets only - 10,000 2554 (2011) - - 10,000 2555 (2012) - พ.ศ. ๒๕๕๕; in sets only - 10,000 2556 (2013) - พ.ศ. ๒๕๕๖; in sets only - 10,000 2557 (2014) - พ.ศ. ๒๕๕๗; in sets only - 10,000 2558 (2015) - พ.ศ. ๒๕๕๘; in sets only - 10,000 2559 (2016) - พ.ศ. ๒๕๕๙; in sets only - 10,000 2560 (2017) - พ.ศ. ๒๕๖๐; in sets only; minted in July 2017; posthumous - 10,000 |
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The 4th portrait series of Rama IX coinage was introduced in the early 2000s as part of a broader rationalization of Thai circulating coinage, coinciding with the king's sixth decade on the throne. Bhumibol Adulyadej remains the longest-reigning monarch in Thai history, and the sheer volume of coinage produced across his multiple portrait series dwarfs that of any comparable monarchy. The 5 satang, by this period, had become almost notional — worth a fraction of a US cent and rarely tendered in everyday transactions, yet kept in production largely for accounting and pricing convention.