Thailand BE2525 9000 baht

Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 58561

This specimen was lot 58561 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $900. The catalog description^[1] noted, "THAILAND. 9000 Baht, BE 2525 (1982). PCGS MS-67. Commemorating the bicentennial of Bangkok." The Thai regime has issued dozens of gold NCLT's, mostly honoring various events in the royal family, but did not use this denomination until BE 2523, when Y139 was issued to note the queen's sponsorship of the FAO. The 9,000 baht has been struck intermittently since, most recently in 2007 (KM Y488). Bhumiphol (Rama IX) died in 2015 after a 69 year reign.

Recorded mintage: 3,290.

Specification: 15 g, 0.900 fine gold, 26 mm diameter, 0.434 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: Fr-41; KM-Y151.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• 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, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• BE2524 (1981)-CHI 4000 baht, UNICEF
• BE2526 (1983) 600 baht, 700th anniversary of the Thai alphabet
• BE2526 (1983) 2500 baht, International Year of Disabled Persons
• Coins and currency dated 1982