Thailand BE2540 100 baht

Steve Album sale 51, lot 3875

This specimen was lot 3875 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $102. The catalog description^[1] noted, "THAILAND: Rama IX, 1946-2016, AR 100 baht, BE2540 (1997), 35th Anniversary of the World Wildlife Fund - Tiger, PCGS graded Proof 67 DCAM." The tigers were honored again in 1998.

Recorded mintage: 50,000 at Budapest.

Specifications: 15 g, 0.925 fine silver, 30 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM Y359.

Sources:

• 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 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links:

• BE2517 (1974) 100 baht, Brown-Antlered Deer
• BE2540 (1997) 2000 baht, 50th anniversary of UNICEF
• BE2541 (1998) 200 baht, World Wildlife Fund, tigers
• Coins and currency dated 1997