Thailand (1851-68) tamlung

Steve Album sale 51, lot 1439

This specimen was lot 1439 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $1,020. The catalog description^[1] noted, "THAILAND: Rama IV, 1851-1868, AR tamlung (4 baht), known in Thai as pod duang and as "bullet money" in English, chakra with 8 dots and mongkut countermarks, VF-XF, R, ex Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection." This issue was accompanied by a half tamlung.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 60-61 g, silver, this specimen 60.55 g.

Catalog reference: Cr-139.1.

Sources:

• 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 Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links:

• (1851-68) half tamlung (2 baht)
• (1858-60) dollar, c/s on a Mexico 8 reales, Guanajuato mint
• Thailand (1863) 2 baht
• (1863) 2½ baht = pot dueng
• Thailand (1863) 4 baht = pit
• Thailand (1863) 8 baht = tot
• (1864) 4 baht (tamlung)
• Coins and currency dated 1851