Akdrv's Amazing Acquisitions

[akdrv]

I bought several coins to start my Thai collection. Here is the first one that I managed to get a decent picture of.

 

 

Thailand, 10 Satang, 1941, BE 2484, silver, mintage 3.043 mil. Regin of Rama VIII

[Tiffibunny]

That's cool.

[Art]

That's neat. There's something special about the coins with holes in the middle.

[SlavicScott]

That's neat. There's something special about the coins with holes in the middle.

 

What makes it really cool is the way the date is wrapped around the hole on one side.

[akdrv]

Two copper coins from Thailand, Rama V era. He is regarded as one of the greatest kings of Siam and absolutely loved by Thai people even today.

 

 

 

King Rama V modernized the government by introducing a cabinet system, and the semi-feudal provincial administration was changed into a modern administration with provinces (changwat) and districts (amphoe) as it still is today. He declared amnesty for all political prisoners, and also gradually abolished slavery. This liberation is often misunderstood but was intended to weaken the power of the Bunnag, a noble family that strictly controlled the Chakri dynasty in those days. Also, this liberation was intended to weaken regional governors and centralize his country. Thailand's first railroad was opened in his reign in 1896 from Bangkok to Ayutthaya. It was during his reign that the western calendar replaced the traditional lunar calendar, and he introduced the modern system of coins and banknotes. He also declared religious freedom, allowing Christianity and Islam to be practiced in the Buddhist country.