Thailand CS1236 1/2 att

Stephen Album sale 37, lot 1759

This specimen was lot 1759 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $309.40. The catalog description^[1] noted, "THAILAND: Rama V, 1868-1910, AE ½ att, CS1236 (1874), PCGS graded MS64 BR." King Rama V had this series of copper coins minted in 1874, including a half att (or solot), one att and two att (or pai). Sixty four att made a baht, and five baht equalled seven Indian rupees. The slide in the price of silver forced the regime to devalue the baht, and in 1902, one pound sterling = 21.75 baht. This type was issued again in CS 1244.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: KM Y17.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th 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:

• Thailand (1869) fuang
• Thailand (1869) baht
• Thailand CS1236 att
• Thailand CS1236 2 att
• Thailand CS1244 1/2 att = 1882
• CS1244 att
• Coins and currency dated 1874