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. The date is shown as "๒๔๕๘" to the right of the elephant god on the reverse.

Recorded mintage: 5,000,000.

Specification: 15 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM Y45.

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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