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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 2347954, member: 44140&quot;]Here is an interesting type only [USER=26302]@medoraman[/USER] would probably be familiar with. A whopper of a coin at 61.03 grams of fine silver it is my second largest coin and certainly one of the most oddly shaped.</p><p><br /></p><p>These large coins are called Chieng-city money. This one was minted in Chieng-sen between AD 1300-1545 for the Lannathai kingdom of Thailand.</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins are valued at 4 Baht. and 4 Baht equals a Tamelung. These coins are highly faked and often available as tourist trinkets but the real deal is rather hard to come by. This coin from Chiengsen is one of the 2 more mints that produced these coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin itself appears to be part Ingot part punch mark. The coin has nice deep legends on either side and several other marks. There is what appears to be a test cut but could be very well be part of the manufacturing process.</p><p><br /></p><p>I really dont know much about this coinage, but I am confident it is very real.</p><p><br /></p><p>(notice the cob web inside.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]477700[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]477701[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]477702[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]477703[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]477704[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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