Editing Thai baht (section)

==== Issue 0 – 1835 (trial series) ====
During the reign of King Rama III (1824–1851), an initiative was made to introduce Thailand’s first flat coinage, intended to replace the widely used cowrie shells. To aid in this modernization of the monetary system, the king employed Robert Hunter, a Scottish merchant, to produce pattern coins.<ref>Elephant-Mueang Thai - Rama III, Thailand. Numista.com. Published 2025. Accessed May 9, 2025. <nowiki>https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces174244.html</nowiki></ref>

The proposed designs featured an elephant motif, which bore resemblance to the coinage of Lanka (modern-day Sri Lanka). Concerned about the symbolic inappropriateness of the elephant, which could imply foreign influence or association, King Rama III ultimately rejected all of the submitted patterns. As a result, none of the proposed coins were officially adopted or denominated.

These pattern coins, though never circulated, represent an early attempt at modernization of Siamese currency prior to the eventual adoption of machine-struck coinage in the reign of King Rama IV.
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! colspan="9" |Issue 0 coins (Rama III) [''The Muang Thai Series'']<ref name=":1">''เหรียญกษาปณ์ไทย'' (1st ed., Vol. 1). (2019). บริษัทอมรินทร์ บุ๊ค เซ็นเตอร์ จำกัด.</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" |Image
!Value
! rowspan="2" |Dimensions<br>(mm)
! rowspan="2" |Weight<br>(g)
! rowspan="2" |Composition
! colspan="2" |Inscription, description
! rowspan="2" |Date of issue
|-
!Obverse
!Reverse
!Coinage value
!Obverse
!Reverse
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[File:No_image_available.svg|frameless|100x100px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[File:No_image_available.svg|frameless|100x100px]]
| rowspan="2" |no value
|23
| -
|Copper
| rowspan="2" |'''Elephant'''
๑๑๙๗
''(CS. 1197)''
| rowspan="2" |'''Star'''
เมืองไทย
(Thailand)
|1835
|-
|22
| -
|Silver
|1835
|-
|[[File:No_image_available.svg|frameless|100x100px]]
|[[File:No_image_available.svg|frameless|100x100px]]
|no value
|22
| -
|Silver
|'''Lotus'''
๑๑๙๗
''(CS. 1197)''
|'''Star'''
เมืองไทย
(Thailand)
|1835
|-
|[[File:No_image_available.svg|frameless|100x100px]]
|[[File:No_image_available.svg|frameless|100x100px]]
|no value
|22
| -
|Copper
|'''Lotus'''
๑๑๙๗
''(CS. 1197)''
|نڭري ''(Nagari / Land of)''
ترومن ''(Trumon)''
|1835
|-
|[[File:No_image_available.svg|frameless|100x100px]]
|[[File:No_image_available.svg|frameless|100x100px]]
|no value
|22
| -
|Copper
|'''Lotus'''
๑๑๙๗
''(CS. 1197)''
|نڭري ''(Nagari / Land of)''
ترومن ''(Trumon)''
|1835
|}