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8 Baht 'Tot' - Rama IV
| Issuer | Thailand |
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| Year | 1863 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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| Mintage | ND (1863) - 12 rays on top of The Crown, non-outlined Chakra blades - ND (1863) - 12 rays on top of The Crown, outlined Chakra blades - ND (1863) - 9 rays on top of The Crown, non-outlined Chakra blades - |
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The "Tot" denomination — a Siamese weight unit equaling half a tamlung — places this coin within a monetary system that operated on completely different logic from contemporary Western coinage. Rama IV, better known in the West as the king portrayed in The King and I, actively promoted Western-style minted coinage as part of a deliberate modernization policy, seeking to replace the centuries-old bullet money that had circulated in Siam since the medieval period.
The 1863 date coincides with the early years of Bangkok's first mechanical mint, established with equipment imported from Britain.