Thailand BE2500 10 satang
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This specimen was lot 3708 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $75. The catalog description[1] noted, "THAILAND: Rama IX, 1946-2016, AE 10 satang, BE2500 (1957), scarce thin-style legend, PCGS graded AU58." The circulation issue (KM 79) was struck with a frozen date from 1957 to 1987. Off metal strikes exist in bronze (KM 79a), tin (KM 79b), bronze (KM 79c, long tail on denomination, shown here) and aluminum bronze (KM 79d, long tail on denomination). KM Y79 and KM Y79d are common.
Recorded mintage: 55,410,000.
Specification: 1.75 g, aluminum bronze, 17.5 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: KM Y79, Y79d (aluminum bronze), KM Y79a, Y79c (bronze), KM Y79b (tn).
- 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 Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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