CNG 100, Lot: 992. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THAILAND (SIAM), Rattanakosin Kingdom. Rama IV. 1851-1868. AV 2.5 Baht – Pot Duang (17.5mm, 3.48 g, 11h). Milled coinage. First issue. Bangkok mint. Struck 1863. Elephant standing left in ornate border / Large radiate royal parasol flanked by two smaller ones; all within ornate border. Mitchiner, Non-Islamic –; KM (Y) 13; Friedberg 16. Near EF, usual weak strike.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from M. Louis Teller, April 1981.