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Bullet money or bullet coins, known in Thai as ' ( th, พดด้วง, also spelled ''pod duang'', etc.), were a type of coinage historically used in Siam (now
File:Ramathibodi II era Pod Duang.jpg, King Ramathibodi II (1491-1529 CE)
File:Maha Chakkraphat era Pod Duang.jpg, Maha Chakkraphat (1548-1569 CE)
File:Maha Thammarachathirat era Pod Duang.jpg, Maha Thammarachathirat (1569-1590 CE)
File:Naresuan era Pod Duang.jpg, Naresuan (1590-1605 CE)
File:Songtham era Pod Duang.jpg, Songtham (1611-1628 CE)
File:Prasat Thong era Pod Duang.jpg, Prasat Thong (1629-1656 CE)
File:Narai era Pod Duang.jpg, Narai (1656-1588 CE)
File:Uthumphon era Pod Duang.jpg, Uthumphon (1758 CE)
File:Rama I era Pod Duang.jpg, Rama I (1782-1809 CE)
File:Rama II era Pod Duang.jpg, Rama II (1809-1824 CE)
File:Rama III era Pod Duang.jpg, Rama III (1824-1851 CE)
File:Rama IV era Pod Duang.jpg, Rama IV (1851-1868 CE)
Bullet money or bullet coins, known in Thai as ' ( th, พดด้วง, also spelled ''pod duang'', etc.), were a type of coinage historically used in Siam (now Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
) and its predecessor kingdoms. They were almost exclusively made of silver, in the form of a bar bent into a roundish shape, and stamped with certain marks. ''Photduang'' were issued according to the ''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-m ...
'' system of weights, known among Westerners as the ''tical'', which is the basis of the modern Thai currency. Their earliest common use is from the Sukhothai Kingdom (13th–15th centuries), and they were used by Ayutthaya Ayutthaya, Ayudhya, or Ayuthia may refer to:
* Ayutthaya Kingdom, a Thai kingdom that existed from 1350 to 1767
** Ayutthaya Historical Park, the ruins of the old capital city of the Ayutthaya Kingdom
* Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province (locally ...
and its successor kingdoms Thonburi
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Thonburi ( th, ธนบุรี) is an area of modern Bangkok. During the era of the Kingdom of Ayutthaya, its location on the right (west) bank at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River had made it an important garrison town, which i ...
and Rattanakosin up until 27 October 1904, when their use was discontinued in favour of flat coinage.
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See also
*Lat money
Lat money ( lo, ເງິນລາດ) refers to the bar-shaped coinage minted and used as currency in the kingdom of Lan Xang and its successor kingdoms of Vientiane, Luang Prabang, and Champasak. "Lat" is a Lao abbreviation for "talat" or "ma ...
, a similar currency used in Lan Xang
existed as a unified kingdom from 1353 to 1707.
For three and a half centuries, Lan Xang was one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia. The meaning of the kingdom's name alludes to the power of the kingship and formidable war machine of the ea ...
*''Piloncitos
Piloncitos (also known as bulawan, and as "granitos de oro" in very early records) are small "bead-like" pieces of gold which were used as currency during the Philippines' Archaic period and in the earliest years of the country's Spanish coloni ...
'', used in the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
References
Further reading
* History of money Economic history of Thailand Economy of the Ayutthaya Kingdom {{Thailand-stub