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1 Att / 1/8 Fuang - Rama IV Copper Pattern
| Issuer | Thailand |
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| Year | 1862 |
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| Value | 1 Att = 1/8 Fuang = 1⁄64 Baht |
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| Obverse description | Central design featuring a white elephant set within a circular chakra motif surrounded by eight decorative petals and floral foliate ornaments radiating outward. The denomination "1/8" appears to the left and "F" to the right of the central medallion within the floral wreath. Thai script legend is arranged around the upper periphery, with Chinese characters and additional script at the lower portion of the field. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border, reflecting the eclectic Siamese artistic style of the Rama IV period. |
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| Reverse lettering | แปด อัน เป็น เฟื้อง 1/8 F 方 片 捌 (Translation: 1/8 Fuang) |
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Rama IV — Mongkut — commissioned Western-style machine-struck coinage in the early 1860s as part of a deliberate effort to modernize Siam's monetary system and signal parity with European trading partners pressing hard on the kingdom's borders. This copper piece is a pattern, meaning it never entered circulation; it was produced to test designs and gauge foreign and domestic reaction before committing to a full issue. The Royal Mint in London and the Birmingham firm of Ralph Heaton & Sons were both involved in producing Siamese pattern coinage during this period, and attribution between them is not always clean.