Posted 01/16/2010 04:34 am
It's a tin pitis struck in the name of the Thai province of Singgora (modern Songkhla), from "sometime in the early 19th century"; a couple of examples of similar items are illustrated in the 1800's Krause; the two shown there are rated "rare".
This example on Zeno.ru has this exact same design. As you can see from the comments on the Zeno post, there's not too much information about these pieces that's been published.
This one looks a little fuzzy; it might me a more recent tourist copy. However, I have no idea if "tourist copies" of these things are actually being made.
This example on Zeno.ru has this exact same design. As you can see from the comments on the Zeno post, there's not too much information about these pieces that's been published.
This one looks a little fuzzy; it might me a more recent tourist copy. However, I have no idea if "tourist copies" of these things are actually being made.
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