Thailand RS127 salung

Steve Album sale 39, lot 1451

This specimen was lot 1451 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $540. The catalog description^[1] noted, "THAILAND: Rama V, 1868-1910, AR ¼ baht (salun g, RS127 (1908), a lovely example! PCGS graded MS65, ex Don Erickson Collection." This type was struck RS 120-127. Rama V is the potentate starring (some say mocked) in the musical "The King and I."

Recorded mintage: 270,000.

Specification: silver, 3.86-4.02 g.

Catalog reference: KM Y33a.

Source:

• 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 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Links to:

• RS 125 (1906) salung (¼ baht)
• RS 127 satang, struck in gold
• RS 127 5 satang, struck in gold
• RS 127 baht
• Coins and currency dated 1908