Wat Benchamabophit 5-baht also known as “The Marble Temple"

Obverse: Bust left of HM Bhumibol Adulyadej (King Rama IX) 

Lettering: ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช รัชกาลที่๙

Translation: Bhumibol Adulyadej, King Rama IX

Engraver: Wuthichai Saengngoen

ReverseWat Benchamabophit, also known as “The Marble Temple", with the denomination below.

Lettering: ประเทศไทย พ.ศ.๒๕ ๙ ๕ บาท 5

Translation: Thailand 2012 5 Baht 5

Composition:  Copper-nickel clad copper

Engraver: Supab Aun-aree

  • Issuer Thailand 
  • King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) (1946-2016)
  • Type Standard circulation coin
  • Years 2551-2560 (2008-2017)
  • Calendar Thai
  • Value 5 Baht
  • Currency Baht (1897-date)
  • Composition Copper-nickel clad copper
  • Weight 6.0 g
  • Diameter 24 mm
  • Thickness 1.75 mm
  • Shape Round
  • Technique Milled
  • Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓

References, Standard Thai Coins 2019 by Somchai Saeng-ngern.

Construction of the temple began in 1899 at the request of King Chulalongkorn after building his palace nearby. The temple's name literally means 'the Temple of the fifth King located near Dusit Palace'. It was designed by Prince Naris, a half-brother of the king, and is built of Italian marble. It has a display of Carrara marble pillars, a marble courtyard and two large lions guarding the entrance to the bot. The interiors are decorated with crossbeams of lacquer and gold, and in shallow niches in the walls of paintings of important stupas all over the country.The cloister around the assembly hall houses 52 images of Buddha. 

Inside the ordination hall (ubosot) is a Sukhothai-style Buddha statue named Phra Buddhajinaraja, cast in 1920 after the original in Wat Mahathat in Phitsanulok. The main Buddha image is a copy of Phra Buddha Chinarat that resides in Phitsanulok in northern Thailand. The ashes of King Chulalongkorn are buried beneath the statue. In the gallery surrounding the ordination hall are 52 Buddha statues each showing different mudras (signs), collected by Prince Damrong Ratannabha for his king. The temple was featured in the famous The Amazing Race 9 as the 10th and final elimination pit-stop. The image of the temple's façade is visible on the reverse side of the Five-Baht coin of the Thai currency. The site contains the Benchamabophit National Museum.

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