About Tin Coin with Kranok Pattern, 1942 (B.E. 2485)
Compiled from partner sources; under review and editing by our team.
Translated from Thai by AI and not yet reviewed by our team. Names and royal titles may need correction.
Design
- Obverse
- Inner rim with a kranok (flame-scroll) pattern with lion's-leg motifs; the upper field has kranok scrolls facing left and right. At left is the Thai numeral denomination "๑" (1); at right the abbreviation "ส.ต." (satang); below the words "รัฐบาลไทย" (Thai Government). (On the 10-satang and 5-satang denominations the lower inscription reads "รัถบาลไทย".) C2 D2
- Reverse
- Inner rim at top with a scrolling-vine pattern; below, the abbreviation for the era "พ.ศ." (B.E.) (on the 10-satang and 5-satang denominations the era is given as "พ.ส.") and the Thai numerals for the year of minting "๒๔๘๕" (2485, i.e. 1942). Outside the border is a surrounding pattern of overlapping lotus petals. C3 D3