Thailand CS1249 2 att

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Stack's Bowers November 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 78609
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This specimen was lot 78609 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $145. The catalog description[1] noted, "THAILAND. 2 Att, CS 1249 (1887). Hamburg Mint. Rama V. NGC AU-58." This type was also struck RS 109 and RS 114-124 at Hamburg, Heaton and Bangkok. It is common in circulated condition. 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.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.3 g, bronze, 30 mm diameter, plain edge.

Catalog reference: KM-Y23.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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