Thailand BE2459 baht

Stephen Album sale 37, lot 1772

This specimen was lot 1772 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $309.40. The catalog description^[1] noted, "THAILAND: Rama VI, 1910-1925, AR baht, BE2459 (1916), a lovely example! PCGS graded MS64." This type was struck 1913-18. This example shows the effects of die erosion.

Recorded mintage: 9,080,000.

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 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Link to:

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