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could be tourist junk, purchased in a job lot,similar to 2 baht 1860 or 1863 rama iv thailand coin , approx 29 g , 37.6 mm diameter , 3 mm thick thanks in advance for any help , dave   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Hmm weird, that should be silver, right? I do see that there were copper pattern 1/4 Bahts produced, but the design is slightly different. Maybe this is a fantasy strike?
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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from my research its 2 baht, the stars around the elephant denote value 4 stars = 1/2 baht , 8 = 1 baht , 16 = 2 baht etc dave
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I have the 1 Baht of this issue, which is very definitely a silver coin. If this is genuine, a big "if", it would have to be a trial strike.
One thing I can say is that it appears to have been perfectly struck in a collar. My 1 Baht specimen is imperfectly struck, & appears to have been struck without a collar ; I suspect, but cannot prove, that there was an extended period of "working up" to full production when the presses & dies (procured from Heatons, Birmingham, England) arrived in Bangkok.
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thanks for your reply have been away ! possibly 1860 2 baht rama iv pattern all very interesting regards dave km# Pn13
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davidc, I collect thai coins particularly the older ones, can you email me? I have a private question to ask you
As for authenticity, I would say send it in to NGC and see what the experts say. Raw coins like the rare 2 baht are easy targets by the Chinese, look at what they do to your australian 1967 swan pattern or the US morgans.
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thanks for your interest my email *** Private information removed by Staff. Please do not post your address/email/phone number etc. *** this coin has been in private hands for a long time which makes it all very interesting I probably will send it off but havent got around to it regards dave
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@davidc do you see the hi symbol and next to it is a email symbol? Click on that or check your ebay and click on my me page, that has my email. I've been checkiing around for you, one famous auction house has one for sale thats raw but its lighter than yours. Same diameter however. baffling |
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Hello, I was wondering if you had any luck identifying your Thailand coin? I have the exact same one. Mkman123 I tried emailing you but being a new member it is not allowed. I accept emails if anyone could pls email and help with identifying my coin as well
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03/23/2018 2:41 pm
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Hi davidc
Looks very much like pattern Pn13. I would give it for assessment by the gurus as Krause katalogue (2018) gives a price of USD 35,000
Image should be identical to standard Y#12 2 baht : silver, 30.2 grams (Krause 2018). Checkk it agains numisma /coin archives images.
Let's check the weight
copper SG is 8.96 and silver SG is 10.5. You need to adjust it for the fact that Y#12 is only 0.9 silver (0.1 copper assumed)
therefore the expected reduced weight shall be 30.2(0.9/(10.5/8.96+0.1) = 26.2 grams....
i have one similar and the weight is only 21.1 grams... i.e I colncluded mine to be a fake as it is lighter as most other Chinese counterfeits...
yours is 29 grams , i.e heavier so only the experts may be able to tell if fake or not...
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