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=== Current coinage === The current coin series is the 14th issue. In 2008, in the 13th issue, the [[Ministry of Finance (Thailand)|Ministry of Finance]] and the Royal Thai Mint announced the 2009 coin series, which included changes in materials to reduce production costs as well as an update of the image on the obverse to a more recent portrait of the king. The two-baht coin, confusingly similar in color and size to the one-baht coin, was changed from nickel-clad low-carbon steel to aluminium bronze. New two-baht coin was the first of the new series released on 3 February 2009, followed by the satang coins in April, a five-baht coin in May, a ten-baht coin in June, and a one-baht coin in July 2009. In 2018, the Royal Thai Mint and the Ministry of Finance issued a new series of general circulation coins, featuring the same standard specifications, but feature a portrait of its current king, [[Vajiralongkorn]]. ==== Issue 16 β 1987, 2009 ==== {| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; font-size: 90%" ! colspan="9" |Issue 16 coins (Rama IX) |- ! rowspan="2" |Value ! colspan="3" |Technical parameters ! colspan="2" |Description ! rowspan="2" |Date of first minting |- !Diameter !Mass !Composition !Obverse !Reverse |-{{Coin-silver-color}} |rowspan="2"|[[One-satang coin|1 satang]]<sup>1</sup> |rowspan="2"|15 mm |rowspan="2"|0.5 g |97.5% [[Aluminium|Al]], 2.5% [[Magnesium|Mg]] |rowspan="2"|King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] |rowspan="2"|[[Wat Phra That Hariphunchai]], [[Lamphun Province|Lamphun]] |1987 |-{{Coin-silver-color}} |99% [[Aluminium]] |2008 |-{{Coin-silver-color}} |rowspan="2"|[[Five-satang coin|5 satang]]<sup>1</sup> |16 mm |rowspan="2"|0.6 g |97.5% [[Aluminium|Al]], 2.5% [[Magnesium|Mg]] |rowspan="2"|King Bhumibol Adulyadej |rowspan="2"|[[Phra Pathom Chedi|Wat Phra Pathom Chedi]], [[Nakhon Pathom Province|Nakhon Pathom]] |1987 |-{{Coin-silver-color}} |16.5 mm |99% [[Aluminium]] |2008 |-{{Coin-silver-color}} |rowspan="2"|[[Ten-satang coin|10 satang]]<sup>1</sup> |rowspan="2"|17.5 mm |rowspan="2"|0.8 g |97.5% [[Aluminium|Al]], 2.5% [[Magnesium|Mg]] |rowspan="2"|King Bhumibol Adulyadej |rowspan="2"|[[Phra That Choeng Chum|Wat Phra That Choeng Chum]], [[Sakon Nakhon Province|Sakon Nakhon]] |1987 |-{{Coin-silver-color}} |99% [[Aluminium]] |2008 |-{{Coin-yellow-color}} |rowspan="2" {{Coin-copper-color}}|[[Twenty-five-satang coin|25 satang]] |16 mm |1.9 g |[[Aluminium bronze]] |King Bhumibol Adulyadej ||[[Wat Phra Mahathat]], [[Nakhon Si Thammarat Province|Nakhon Si Thammarat]] |1987 |-{{Coin-copper-color}} |16 mm |1.9 g |[[Copper]]plated [[steel]] |King Bhumibol Adulyadej ||[[Wat Phra Mahathat]], [[Nakhon Si Thammarat Province|Nakhon Si Thammarat]] |2008 |-{{Coin-yellow-color}} |rowspan="2" {{Coin-copper-color}}|[[Fifty-satang coin|50 satang]] |18 mm |2.4 g |[[Aluminium bronze]] |King Bhumibol Adulyadej ||[[Wat Phra That Doi Suthep]], [[Chiang Mai Province|Chiang Mai]] |1987 |-{{Coin-copper-color}} |18 mm |2.4 g |[[Copper]]plated [[steel]] |King Bhumibol Adulyadej |[[Wat Phra That Doi Suthep]], [[Chiang Mai Province|Chiang Mai]] |2008 |-{{Coin-silver-color}} | rowspan="2"|[[One-baht coin|1 baht]] | rowspan="2"|20 mm |3.4 g |[[Cupronickel]] (1987β2008) | rowspan="2"|King Bhumibol Adulyadej | rowspan="2"|[[Wat Phra Kaew]], [[Bangkok]] |1987 |-{{Coin-silver-color}} |3 g |[[Nickel]]plated [[steel]] (2008βpresent) |2008 |-{{Coin-silver-color}} |rowspan="2" {{Coin-yellow-color}}|[[Two-baht coin|2 baht]] |21.75 mm |4.4 g |[[Nickel]]plated low-carbon [[steel]] |King Bhumibol Adulyadej |[[Wat Saket]], [[Bangkok]] |2005 |-{{Coin-yellow-color}} |21.75 mm |4 g ||[[Aluminium bronze]] |King Bhumibol Adulyadej |[[Wat Saket]], [[Bangkok]] |2008 |-{{Coin-silver-color}} |rowspan="2"|[[Five-baht coin|5 baht]] |rowspan="2"|24 mm |7.5 g |rowspan="2"|[[Cupronickel]]-clad [[copper]] |rowspan="2"|King Bhumibol Adulyadej |rowspan="2"|[[Wat Benchamabophit]], [[Bangkok]] |1988 |-{{Coin-silver-color}} |6 g |2008 |-{{Coin-yellow-color}} |rowspan="2"|[[Ten-baht coin|10 baht]] |rowspan="2"|26 mm |rowspan="2"|8.5 g |rowspan="2"|'''Center plug:''' [[Aluminium bronze]]<br>'''Outer ring:''' [[Cupronickel]] |rowspan="2"|King Bhumibol Adulyadej |rowspan="2"|[[Wat Arun]], [[Bangkok]] |1988 |-{{Coin-yellow-color}} | 2008 |} ==== Issue 17 - 2018 ==== {|class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; font-size: 90%" ! colspan="7" |Issue 17 coins (Rama X) |- ! colspan="2" |Image ! rowspan="2" |Value ! rowspan="2" |Composition ! colspan="2" |Description ! rowspan="2" |Date of first minting |- !Obverse !Reverse !Obverse !Reverse |-{{Coin-silver-color}} |align="center"| |align="center"| |1 satang |Aluminum |King [[Vajiralongkorn]] |Monogram of Vajiralongkorn |2018 |-{{Coin-silver-color}} |align="center"| |align="center"| |5 satang |Aluminum |King Vajiralongkorn |Monogram of Vajiralongkorn |2018 |-{{Coin-silver-color}} |align="center"| |align="center"| |10 satang |Aluminum |King Vajiralongkorn |Monogram of Vajiralongkorn |2018 |-{{Coin-copper-color}} |align="center"| |align="center"| |25 satang |[[Copper]]plated steel |King Vajiralongkorn |Monogram of Vajiralongkorn |2018 |-{{Coin-copper-color}} |align="center"| |align="center"| |50 satang |[[Copper]]plated steel |King Vajiralongkorn |Monogram of Vajiralongkorn |2018 |-{{Coin-silver-color}} |align="center"|[[File:1 baht coin (Rama X, obverse).jpg|50px]] |align="center"|[[File:1 baht coin (Rama X, reverse).jpg|50px]] |1 baht |[[Nickel]]plated steel |King Vajiralongkorn |Monogram of Vajiralongkorn |2018 |-{{Coin-yellow-color}} |align="center"|[[File:2 baht coin (Rama X, obverse).jpg|50px]] |align="center"|[[File:2 baht coin (Rama X, reverse).jpg|50px]] |2 baht |[[Aluminum bronze]] |King Vajiralongkorn |Monogram of Vajiralongkorn |2018 |-{{Coin-silver-color}} |align="center"|[[File:5 baht coin (Rama X, obverse).jpg|50px]] |align="center"|[[File:5 baht coin (Rama X, reverse).jpg|50px]] |5 baht |[[Cupronickel]]-clad [[copper]] |King Vajiralongkorn |Monogram of Vajiralongkorn |2018 |-{{Coin-yellow-color}} |align="center"|[[File:10 baht coin (Rama X, obverse).jpg|50px]] |align="center"|[[File:10 baht coin (Rama X, reverse).jpg|50px]] |10 baht |'''Center plug:''' [[Aluminium bronze]]<br>'''Outer ring:''' [[Cupronickel]] |King Vajiralongkorn |Monogram of Vajiralongkorn |2018 |}
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