The Thailand one-satang coin is a

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unit equivalent to one-hundredth of a

Thai baht The baht (; th, บาท, ; sign: ฿; code: THB) is the official currency of Thailand. It is divided into 100 ''satang'' (, ). The issuance of currency is the responsibility of the Bank of Thailand. SWIFT ranked the Thai baht as the 10th-mos ...

. It is rare in circulation but used in banking transactions. The first satang coin was issued from 1908 to 1937, and featured a hole through the middle. It was made of bronze and measured 22mm in diameter, weighing 4.6g. It bore the name of King

Rama VI Vajiravudh ( th, วชิราวุธ, , 1 January 188126 November 1925) was the sixth monarch of Siam under the Chakri dynasty as Rama VI. He ruled from 23 October 1910 until his death in 1925. King Vajiravudh is best known for his efforts ...

. A coin in the same design was minted in 1939 with name of King

Rama VIII Ananda Mahidol ( th, พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรเมนทรมหาอานันทมหิดล; ; 20 September 1925 – 9 June 1946), posthumous reigning title Phra Athamaramathibodin ( th, พระอั� ...

, and had a mintage of 24.4 million. In 1941 the design of the coin changed, although it was still bronze with a hole. The diameter changed to 20mm and the weight to 3.5g. The hole was removed in 1942 as the coin's composition became

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, reducing its weight to 1.5g and the diameter to 15mm. Only issued in 1942, it had a mintage of 20.7 million. The design was changed on the coin, although it retained its specifications, in 1944. This coin had an issue of 500,000. The coin then fell out of circulation. It was reintroduced in 1987 as an

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coin weighing 0.5g and measuring 15mm in diameter. This was the first one-satang coin to feature a portrait of a monarch, King

Rama IX Bhumibol Adulyadej ( th, ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช; ; ; (Sanskrit: ''bhūmi·bala atulya·teja'' - "might of the land, unparalleled brilliance"); 5 December 192713 October 2016), conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great ...

, which was sculpted by Wuthichai Saengngoen. A commemorative was released in 1996 to mark 50 years since of the reign of Rama IX, with a front-facing portrait of the King at his succession. In 2008, the current portrait of the King was inserted on the obverse.

Mintages

* 1987 ~ 93,000 * 1988 ~ 200,000 * 1989 ~ 109,000 * 1990 ~ 191,050 * 1991 ~ 25,000 * 1992 ~ 61,000 * 1993 ~ 126,000 * 1994 ~ 500,000 * 1995 ~ 500,000 * 1996 - 0 * 1997 ~ 10,000 * 1998 ~ 10,000 * 1999 ~ 20,000 * 2000 ~ 10,000 * 2001 ~ 50,000 * 2002 - 0 * 2003 ~ 10,000 * 2004 ~ 10,000 * 2005 ~ 20,000 * 2006 ~ 3,000 * 2007 ~ 10,000 * 2008 ~ 10,000 * 2009 ~ 10,000Treasury Department

References

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