Thailand RS125 baht
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This specimen was lot 1332 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "THAILAND: Rama V, 1868-1910, AR baht, RS125 (1906), a pleasing lustrous example, PCGS graded MS62." The early coinage of Thailand, or Siam, is a confusing mix of atts, fuangs, salungs and bahts. In 1908, the system was simplified to 100 satang = one baht. This type is listed for RS120-126 (1901-07) and is not common. Rama V is the potentate starring (some say mocked) in the musical "The King and I."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 15 g, silver, 31.5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM Y-34a.
- 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 Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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