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Second Anglo Burmese War |
| Origin/Country: |
BURMA & MYANMAR |
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KYAT CS1214(1852) Burma LETTERING AROUND PEACOCK |
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NGC XF 40 |
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Owner Comments
From the year of the start of the Second Anglo Burmese War of 1852-1853. You can't appreciate Thailand without some understanding of its neighbors. Burma had been the chronic antagonist of Siamese kingdoms for hundreds of years, culminating in the 1767 sack of Ayuthaya by the Burmese. But with just one more war to go, Burma was about to become another colony of the British Empire. Not even its own colony, but just part of "India."
Thailand's kings can't get all the credit, but, their ability to bend kept the Siamese Kingdom from breaking and succumbing to colonial rule by France, Britain, the Netherlands, or even the U.S.A., as all of its southeast Asian neighbors did.
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Rama 4 Baht |
| Origin/Country: |
THAILAND X |
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BAHT (1860) RAMA IV |
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NGC XF 40 |
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Owner Comments
A well struck baht
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Cambodia Tical |
| Origin/Country: |
CAMBODIA & KAMPUCHEA |
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TICAL CS1208(1847) THIN FLAN |
| Grade: |
NGC VF 30 |
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Owner Comments
A Siamese Baht also used to be called a Tical. Burma, Thailand, and Cambodia struck their own comparable weight and purity silver coins around the middle of the 1800's. They were like heavy US half dollars.
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Rama 4 Fuang |
| Origin/Country: |
THAILAND X |
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1/8B (1860) RAMA IV |
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NGC MS 62 |
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Owner Comments
One eighth of the same Baht that comes next in this collection, also an issue of 1860 under King IV.
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Rama 4 Salung |
| Origin/Country: |
THAILAND X |
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1/4B (1860) RAMA IV |
| Grade: |
NGC AU 58 |
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Rama 4 Baht |
| Origin/Country: |
THAILAND X |
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BAHT (1860) RAMA IV |
| Grade: |
NGC AU 58 |
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Owner Comments
King IV, Mongkut, is the king depicted in the "King and I" story. I only mention that because it is how he is most likely known to people outside Thailand. Not because I recommend the story.
More importantly, this King actively got Siam on the path towards modernization in line with what he saw of European states pressuring his neighbors. Burma to the West had been the long-term rival and threat to the Siamese kingdoms occupying present-day Thailand. Burmese armies finally burned the capitol of the strongest Siamese kingdom, Ayutthaya, in 1767. The precursor to the modern Thai state, Siam, began operating under the current Chakri dynasty of kings, from the current capitol at Bangkok, in 1781, the opening of the Rattanakosin era.
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Rama 4 Baht |
| Origin/Country: |
THAILAND X |
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BAHT (1860) RAMA IV |
| Grade: |
NGC AU 58 |
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Owner Comments
King Mongkut, the "King Four"
27 in this grade AU58 at NGC
37 in higher grades at NGC
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Rama 4 Gold 4 Baht |
| Origin/Country: |
THAILAND X |
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4B (1863) GOLD - RAMA IV |
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NGC XF Details |
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Owner Comments
Gold 4 Baht of King Mongkut (IV) of Siam. This coin connects the 26 Centuries of Gold collection with the Coins of Siam / Thailand collection. King Mongkut was the fourth king in the Chakri dynasty, still in business in Thailand today under King X. This is the King from the "King and I" story. More importantly, this king set Siam on its course of modernization and careful navigation between the encroaching English and French colonies absorbing everything to its east, west and south. Like Japan, Siam found a way in this time to avoid colonization and maintain its own culture while absorbing the elements of Western Civilization that would help it stay independent and enjoy a higher standard of living. Today, it is the country in the region that many of its neighbors want to move to.
In about 1857 Queen Victoria gave Rama IV the first minting machine. It was a hand operated press. In 1863 King Rama IV ordered the production of gold and silver coins of four baht value bearing the Monkut-Krung Siam mark as mementos of his 60th birthday. This is a gold one.
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Rama 5 Old Fuang |
| Origin/Country: |
THAILAND X |
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1/8B (1876-1900) RAMA V |
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NGC AU 55 |
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Owner Comments
This coin looks better than my example from 1860 under Rama IV (MS62). But this one is attributed to 1876-1900, and Rama V. I am unable to see the difference between these coins as far as what is struck on them. I need to learn more, and look more carefully
This is the third Thai coin I have imported from Poland through Podlaski Gabinet. What are they doing over there?
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Rama 5 Gold Fuang |
| Origin/Country: |
THAILAND X |
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1/8B (1876-1900) RAMA V - GOLD OFF METAL STRIKE |
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NGC AU Details |
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Owner Comments
Best metal Best King, This is the only gold coin issued for Chulalongkorn I believe, and it is considered an "off metal" strike.
There are five of these, including this coin, in details grades at NGC, and another 25 in straight grades from AU55 to MS66. This coin is therefore one of the cheapest of the 30 certified by NGC. It is a great way for a collector like me to still have one in my set.
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Rama 5 Fuang |
| Origin/Country: |
THAILAND X |
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1/8B (1876-1900) RAMA V |
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NGC MS 66 |
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Owner Comments
One of the first two certified Thai coins I bought; along with the MS64 Baht, from a Heritage weekly auction in mid 2016. Turns out these were the best I did. This started out in a PCGS MS65 holder but I wanted all of these in NGC holders, and they called it MS66. It doesn't really look as good as the MS62.
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Rama 5 Fuang |
| Origin/Country: |
THAILAND X |
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1/8B (1876-1900) RAMA V |
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NGC MS 64 |
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Owner Comments
87 in this grade MS64 at NGC
69 graded higher at NGC
(as of Jan 8, 2022)
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Rama 5 Fuang |
| Origin/Country: |
THAILAND X |
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| Item Description: |
1/8B (1876-1900) RAMA V |
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NGC MS 63 |
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Owner Comments
I can never have enough of these.
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Rama 5 Salung |
| Origin/Country: |
THAILAND X |
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1/4B (1876-1900) RAMA V |
| Grade: |
NGC MS 62 |
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Rama 5 Salung |
| Origin/Country: |
THAILAND X |
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| Item Description: |
1/4B (1876-1900) RAMA V |
| Grade: |
NGC MS 62 |
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