Ten-baht coin
| Thailand | |
| Value | 10 Thai baht |
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| Mass | 8.5 g |
| Diameter | 26 mm |
| Thickness | 2 mm |
| Edge | Reed |
| Composition | Ring: Cupronickel Centre: Aluminium bronze |
| Years of minting | 1988–Present |
| Catalog number | - |
| Obverse | |
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| Design | King Bhumibol Adulyadej |
| Designer | Paithoon Na Chiangmai, Supab Aun-aree |
| Design date | 2008 |
| Reverse | |
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| Design | Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchawora Mahavihara, Bangkok |
| Designer | Paithoon Na Chiangmai, Supab Aun-aree |
| Design date | 2008 |
The Thailand ten-baht coin is a currency unit of the Thai baht. Like every standard-issue coin in Thailand, its obverse features King Bhumibol Adulyadej. Its reverse features Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchawora Mahavihara seen from the Chao Phraya River. Raised dots corresponding to Braille cell dot 1 and dots 2-4-5, which correspond to the number 10, are at the 12 o'clock position on the reverse of the standard-issue 10-baht coin. Braille enumeration does not appear on coins of other denominations, nor on ten-baht coins frequently issued as commemorative coins (for example, the 50th and 60th Anniversary of Accession to the Throne of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.)
Ten-baht coin has been used as commemorative coin for many occasions since 1971. As of March 2012, there are one silver, twenty-three nickel, twenty-three cupronickel and fifty-eight bi-metallic face-valued ten-baht commemorative coin series.
The bi-metallic ten-baht coin is very similar to the two–euro coin, which first minted in 2002, in size, shape and weight and likewise consists of two different alloys. Vending machines that are not equipped with an up-to-date coin-checking system might therefore accept them as €2 coins. This similarity is because both coins are minted on the model of the defunct Italian 500 lire, the world's first modern bi-metallic coin. To mint its 10 baht coin in 1988, the Thai government had to be allowed by the Italian mint, which had an international copyright over bi-metallic minting. The 10 baht is a perfect copy of 500 lire even in its alloy, being made of acmonital for the ring and bronzital for the centre, but slightly larger (26 mm to 25.80 mm) and heavier (8.5 g to 6.8 g).
In 2009, the new series of Thai baht coins is released in circulation. Ten-baht coin will only be changed the obverse side to the King Bhumibol Adulyadej recent age image.
See information box for standard issue, and see below for commemorative issues.
Old series obverse
Old series reverse
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