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2 Pe / 1/2 Fuang - Hamsa with 'Chi'
| Issuer | Cambodia |
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| Year | 1847 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | Uniface reverse with no devices, legends, or decorative elements; the surface is entirely plain and unworked, consistent with the hammered production technique typical of Cambodian billon coinage of this period. |
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| Mintage | 1847: ND (1847) |
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Cambodia's billon coinage of the 1840s was produced under the reign of Ang Chan II's successors during a period when the kingdom was effectively contested between Siamese and Vietnamese imperial interests. The Hamsa-type pieces circulated in a monetary environment where Chinese, Siamese, and Vietnamese coins all moved through Cambodian markets simultaneously, and locally-struck billon was one of the few indigenous instruments available to the court.
The 'Chi' countermark — a Chinese character — suggests these pieces passed through Chinese merchant networks operating in the Mekong delta trade system.