About Gold and Silver Commemorative Coins, Phra Maha Mongkut Emblem – Krung Siam (Tae Meng)
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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
- A design of the Phra Maha Mongkut (Great Crown) with a radiating spire, flanked by a royal tiered umbrella on each side, on a background of branch patterns. Thirty-two denomination stars are placed along the rim, each star representing a value of 1 fueang. The border is encircled by a double row of floral stamen motifs.
- Reverse
- A design of intertwined 'kaew ching duang' (jewel-contending-for-the-orb) patterns with the words "กรุงสยาม" (Krung Siam, Kingdom of Siam) in the center. Outside the pattern, Chinese characters appear at the four directions, read in the Chinese pronunciation as "Tae Meng Tong Po". The words "Tae Meng" refer to the royal name of King Mongkut (Rama IV) in Chinese form, and "Tong Po" means currency. The double-line version of the kaew ching duang pattern has a single row of floral stamen motifs around the rim of the coin, while the single-line version has no floral stamen motifs around the rim.