Thailand BE2549 900 baht

Steve Album Auction 52, lot 3243

This specimen was lot 3243 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $84. The catalog description^[1] noted, "THAILAND: Rama IX, 1946-2016, AR 900 baht, BE2549 (2006), UNDP Human Development Lifetime Achievement Award for the King, multicolor portrait, struck at the Perth Mint, Australia, a magnificent reflective proof state example with original COA of issue! PCGS graded Proof 69 DCAM." This is the only issue of this denomination.

Recorded mintage: 200,000.

Specification: 31.10 g, 0.999 fine silver, 40 mm diameter, reeded edge.

Catalog reference: KM Y-469.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 2001-Date, 13th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2018.
• ^[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.

Link to:

• BE2545 (2002) 7500 baht, king's 75th birthday
• Thailand BE2555 5 baht
• Coins and currency dated 2006