Thailand BE2468 salung
The first specimen was lot 74693 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "THAILAND. Salung (1/4 Baht), BE 2468 (1925). Rama VI. PCGS MS-64. Presenting a subtle golden tone that intensifies nearer the peripheries, this example stands as a great near-Gem." The second specimen was lot 4047 in Steve Album Auction 53 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[2] noted, "THAILAND: Rama VI, 1910-1925, AR salung (1/4 baht), BE2468 (1925), Elephants, nice luster, with light peripheral toning, NGC graded MS65." This type was struck 1917-19, 1924-25. It accompanied a half baht and a single baht. A few years later, the currency was decimalized with 100 satang = one baht and this denomination became a 25 satang. The date is shown as "๒๔๖๘" to the right of the elephant god on the reverse.
Recorded mintage: unknown but common.
Specification: 3.75 g, 0.650 fine silver, 20.3 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-Y43a.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
- [2]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 53, featuring Selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld, Almer H. Orr III, Dr. Dirk Loer and Joe Sedillot Collections, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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- BE2462 (1919) salung = ¼ baht
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- Coins and currency dated 1925