Thailand BE2458 baht

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Steve Album sale 38, lot 3272
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This specimen was lot 3272 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $214.20. The catalog description[1] noted, "THAILAND: Rama VI, 1910-1925, AR baht, BE2458 (1915), NGC graded MS62." This type was struck years BE 2456-2461 and is fairly common tho increased demand has driven up the price. It is the last silver baht.

Recorded mintage: 5,000,000.

Specification: 15 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM Y-45.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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