Cambodia (1847) 2 pe KM-28
This specimen was lot 1221 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description[1] noted, "CAMBODIA: Ang Duong, 1847-1860, AE 2 pe, ND(1847), a well-struck example, PCGS graded AU55, ex Howard A. Daniel III Collection, ex J. Silvestre Collection." Wikipedia comments, "In India and the rest of Southeast Asia the eagle symbolism is represented by Garuda, a large bird with eagle-like features that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist epic as the vahana (vehicle) of the god Vishnu." 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: 1.85 g, billon, this specimen 1.48 g.
Catalog reference: KM-28.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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