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"Thai Siver Coin Is Old The Dust 5 With Regard"

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 Posted 01/06/2008  8:34 pm Show Profile   Check GO's eBay Listings Bookmark this topic Add GO to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Yep that's the title of the auction folks

Any ideas as to what this is?


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 Posted 01/07/2008  04:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Well, it's definitely Thai. I can't comment on the rest of his "translation", except to say that it's probably wrong.

The portrait is undoubtedly that of a Thai king. It seems to have a moustache, much like the portraits used on the coinage of King Chulalongkorn of the early 1900's. We'll assume this is the guy.

There is a number down the bottom of the non-portrait side, in Thai numerals: "126". It could, of course, merely be a number of something (like Police Precinct #126), but I assume this is a date, according to the Bangkok Era calendar used during Chulalongkorn's reign; RS 126 equates to 1907 AD.

So, did anything happen in Thailand in 1907 that might be worth commemorating with a medal? Well, the king visited Europe, but you'd expect some European text if this piece were commemorating that. It was also the 40th anniversary of the accession of the king to the throne; a theory supported by the possible interpretation of the characters in the third-from-bottom line as being the numerals "40".

So that's my theory: a souvenir medal for the 40th anniversary of accession of King Rama V Chulalongkorn.
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 Posted 01/07/2008  06:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Just found the item in question.

From the seller's, ummm, "description", we have:
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The siver coin reign 5.

In memory of dust coin 5 with regard of Thailand to get back from proceed visit Europe Associate Professor 126 be made from silver genuine , be scarce antique for extremely collect old scarce coin.


All the references to "5", particularly "reign 5", seem to point towards King Rama V (Chulalongkorn) to me. "Get back from proceed visit Europe", indicates this may actually be commemorating the visit to Europe, or, perhaps, his successful return from his European trip (What, did they think he wouldn't want to come back home again once he left?).

"Associate Professor 126" is presumably how the poor guy's translation program rendered the abbreviation for "Bangkok Era 126". Yep, I'm sticking with my date theory, even though this is ambiguous. I don't think they number their associate professors in Thailand.
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From the Thai inscriptions it appears that the item is a medal issued to commemorate the return of King Chulalongkorn from his European Tour. The inscriptions mean:

(obverse)
top - Chulalongkorn
bottom - Greatest Royal King
(reverse)
row 1 - His Highness Return
row 2 - From
row 3 - Europe
row 4 - 40 (his 40th year of reign)
row 5 - RS (Rattanakosin Sakarat, Bangkok Era)
row 6 - 126

The wrong translations, like Sap mentioned, was most likely due to translator software.
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 Posted 01/07/2008  10:26 pm  Show Profile   Check GO's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GO to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply


Absolutely Amazing!
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G'day, in my experience, the Thai people are very fond of their Royalty, so it comes as no surprise that they would mark H.M.'s safe return home with a coin or medallion.
... a lot like Australia's 1954 florin, or our 2000-RV 50-cent.
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