Cambodia (1847) 2 pe KM-11

Stack's Bowers October 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74546

This specimen was lot 74546 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, October 2024), where it sold for $85. The catalog description^[1] noted, "CAMBODIA. 2 Pe (1/2 Fuang), ND (1847). Ang Duong. PCGS AU-55. Uniface, variety with 'luck' character above Hamza bird. A delightful example of this seldom offered issue." This denomination was struck thru a large part of the nineteenth century in many varieties. Eight fuang made a tical and four pe made a fuang. Cambodia was colonized by the French in the 1860's and incorporated into French Indochina in the 1880's, thwarting the development of Cambodian coinage.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.3 g, billon, 12 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-11.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, October 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the S.P. Rutherford Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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