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№ 550

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19 June 2002

Hammer Price:
£340

Thailand, Mines de Khaotrée, a silver token, c.1880, bust of Rama V left, rev. legend, edge plain, 32mm, 14.03g (cf. Müseler 62; cf. Taisei-Baldwin-Gillio 18 [1994], lot 966). Reverse stained, but good fine, of the highest rarity in silver, believed previously unpublished (£200-300)

The pair of copper and brass examples in the 1994 auction realised US $2000