About Copper Coin, Royal Portrait – Phra Siam Devadhiraj Emblem
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Translated from Thai by AI and not yet reviewed by our team. Names and royal titles may need correction.
Design
- Obverse
- Half-length portrait of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) facing left, wearing full-dress uniform. The royal cipher "จุฬาลงกรณ์ ป.ร." (Chulalongkorn P.R.) appears along the left edge, and "พระจุลจอมเกล้าเจ้ากรุงสยาม" (Phra Chulachomklao, Sovereign of Siam) along the right edge.
- Reverse
- Phra Siam Devadhiraj (the guardian deity of Siam) seated, holding a staff in the left hand and resting the right hand on the edge of a shield. The shield is divided into three fields: the upper field shows a three-headed elephant, signifying northern, central and southern Siam; the lower left field shows a standing elephant, signifying the Lao tributary states; the lower right field shows crossed krisses, signifying the Malay tributary states. The denomination is inscribed around the rim. Below the figure of Phra Siam Devadhiraj is a numeral giving the year of manufacture in the Chula Sakarat (C.S.) or Rattanakosin Era (R.S.) reckoning.