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Valued Member
United States
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I would love some help on this.   Identified - moved to Medals forum - Sap |
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United States
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New Member
United States
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No clue, any idea on the composition?
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
652 Posts |
Looks Thai to me. The date is represented by the four figures directly above the riders head.
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Valued Member
 United States
126 Posts |
I have no clue on composition. Is there anyway I can tell?
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Moderator
 United States
6563 Posts |
The rulers name is "Rama V Phra Maha Chualongkorm"
It's not an official "coin" per se. It's some form of temple token.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Don't think it's India since most coins from India say it right on there. My first thought was Thailand but not sure that's correct. I will look in my world coin catalog and see if I can help you.
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Valued Member
United States
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GO, is there anywhere I can find that information? It's a really cool "token."
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United States
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It's defiantly from Thailand but you won't find it in any books. Thailand is notorious for making oddity tourist tokens. I found one reference of this on another coin forum and there are no clues except one person said it "is an imitation of a Thai medal" I'll keep looking but nothing so far. Here's a different picture just so you know you aren't alone   |
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United States
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The date is represented by the four figures directly above the riders head. That means it's "1247" which translates to 1885. |
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On the reverse, there are three numbers are above the elephant: 1239, 1247 and 1249. If these are dates in the Chulasakarat calendar, then they could be references to times during the reign of Chulalongkorn (1877, 1885 and 1887). But I'm not sure exactly what.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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GO, is there anywhere I can find that information? It's a really cool "token." The only information you will find is about the ruler and other coins that dipicted him. As for the token. I only found one other instance but it was a dead end. Where did you get it? |
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United States
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My grandfather left me his coin collection and aside from U.S. coins there were pounds of random foreign coins that I'm still identifying.
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United States
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there were pounds of random foreign coins that I'm still identifying. Bring It!  |
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Thailand
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Hi ozerman
It's a medallion to commemorate three separate actions against French incursions in an area called Parhp Haw (a phonetic rendering) - the wording before the dates on the reverse.
The area is in the north east bordering Laos, in Nong Khai district. Siam (as Thailand was then called) eventually ceded its lands north of the Mekong River to the French who then created French-Indo China. This defeat prompted King Chulalongkorn to modernise the army.
The translation is thanks to my wife who says that her father heard stories (and mentioned it to her) of these actions when he was in the army. He apparently did his service in the same area. This thread has piqued her interest so she's going to do some further digging.
There is a similar medallion on sale on a Thai site and it's $20. Yours would certainly be of interest to some older Thai soldiers. They will often encase them in a gold glass-fronted locket and wear them as a good luck charm.
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United States
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thai-vic, Thanks for an incredible answer. Do you happen to have a link to the auction?
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Posted 09/29/2011 9:58 pm
