Thailand RS119 2 att
This specimen was lot 1441 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $3,600. The catalog description[1] noted, "THAILAND: Rama V, 1868-1910, AE 2 att, RS119 (1900), doubled die obverse (DDO), lightly lustrous with orange highlights, PCGS graded MS63 BN. Finest graded of this date by PCGS." Multiple dates were minted of this type between 1887-90, 1895-1900 and 1902-05. Common in worn condition, it is expensive choice. This example realized fourteen times the catalog value. This date was struck in Bangkok; others were ordered from Hamburg and Birmingham. It accompanied a single att (Y22) and half att (Y21).
Recorded mintage: 735,000.
Specifications: 11.3 g, bronze, 30 mm diameter, plain edge.
Catalog reference: KM Y23.
- 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 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.
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