Thailand: Tok from the city of Nan

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Tok from the city of Nan.
City money by the end of the 19th Century in the cities of Chiang Mai and Nan in northern Thailand issued.
Used primarily to purchase of land and money as a bride.
Legal tender, was often given as a gift of the bridegroom to the parents of his bride.
Silver bullion round with a flat bottom and a more or less domed top in various sizes.
Sometimes they have a yellowish-red to golden brown coating on one side.
Reddish: added chicken blood
Yellow: mixed with egg yolk

Materials: silver, bronze and copper
Diameter: 42 mm
Weight: 63.2g

Dietmar

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Thanks for showing that piece, Dietmar. It must be really hard to identify. I couldn't come up with anything familiar.

Peter