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1 Fuang, Phetracha Ayutthaya
| Issuer | Kingdom of Ayutthaya |
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| Year | 1703-1709 |
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| Currency | Baht / Tical (1238-1869) |
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| Obverse description | Bullet-form pod money (Tical) of characteristic Ayutthayan manufacture, struck from a folded silver blank hammered into a compact, roughly spherical mass. The obverse face bears a deeply impressed royal countermark within a shallow oval depression, the device partially legible amid surface porosity and natural silver oxidation. The irregular, lumpy field surrounding the central punch mark retains the characteristic ridges and flow lines produced by the hammering process. No legend or inscription is present; authentication rests entirely on the form and placement of the official royal stamp. The overall fabric is consistent with the small-denomination pod money series issued under the Ayutthaya kingdom. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Phetracha seized the Ayutthayan throne in 1688 by orchestrating the killing of the pro-French King Narai and purging the court of European influence — most notoriously expelling the Greek adventurer Constantine Phaulkon, who was executed that same year. The coinage issued under his reign reflects an administration determined to reassert traditional Siamese authority after years of foreign entanglement.
The fuang was one-eighth of a baht, struck as a bullet coin in the pod duang tradition.