Lanna Thai. Northeastern Thailand. 13-18th century AD Chiang Money. Silver. Chiang Money was apparently the standard coinage of the ancient kingdom of Lanna. It was also considered the highest denomination among other types of money in the Lanna kingdom. Chiang money bore three distinctive marks - the Royal seal, the principality of origin, and the weight value. Another practical reason for the design was for easy change by cutting off the weaker welded ends of the coin.
The 4 baht coin is one of the most majestic coins of a antiquity. Certainly a great find and unusual through out the world. I believe @Collect89 has one. Congrats on picking this one up.
Fantastic find! I have had thus in my radar for some time. Thanks for posting it. To boot, Thailand is one of my favorite places!
LOL, hence the SUPER SCORE at the source! Did you get it the Chiang Mai area? I am in central California now, and anticipate 110F temps (43C), probly just like you are enjoying!
I got this about a year ago in Bangkok.. I'm actually in Southern Thailand at the moment and you're right the weather is pretty hot.. although not quiet 43C.. on the contrary I can't stand hot weather!! Haha.. I do miss the nice cool Seattle weather..
I just leave it in the open. It is silver so it is ok to let it tone naturally in the open. Can't really find a holder close or capable of securing it...
Love Seattle. Lived in Portland, OR for a few years. Weather reminds me of Wales. I recently moved from the Southern US (my fave), to Northern Siberia USA (oops, mispelled that as Wisconsin). Bangkok is one of my favorite cities!
that's a nice one Loong. (alright, you're looking like a tourist who's every move is among the purest..excerpt from "one night in Bangkok" courtesy Atlantic Records)
Haha! Living on this side of the world does allow me easy jetting across Thailand and a couple of "exotic" places..
What a weird, cool piece of money (coin?). I know someone else here has one of those, I certainly remember seeing pics of it (not something that's easy to forget). Enjoy your trip of the Thailand express!
That is the first I have seen or heard of such money, thanks for showing it to all of us. I have seen the pod duang or bullet money and a few other ancient non coin types of money, though I do not have any at this time. I also am in Thailand, up in the Isaan region.
You're welcome. These are pretty interesting pieces. The pod duang is interesting and there are also variants of them too. These are nice heavy pieces. I think you can find some if you look around Thailand
I have about 12 of these, but all from Ching Mai or Ching Sen. They come from about 50 other towns, but any others are very rare. Btw, a baht was both a unit of weight and money value. It weighs barely short of half an ounce, so these 4 baht pieces are nearly 2 ounces. I wrote a thread on these a couple of years back if someone wants to find it.
