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Siamese Coins: From Funan to the Fifth Reign

Authors: Ronachai Krisadaolarn, Vasilijs Milhailovs
ISBN: 9789749863541
Binding: Hardcover
Year: 2012
Pages: 270
Weight: 1 kg 860 grams Price: INR 4180.00

First ever book in English, on Siamese coins

Richly illustrated with over 1,000 coins, as well as Sukhothai inscriptions and previously unpublished material from the Royal Archive

Comes in a beautiful slipcase, with a specially minted limited edition coin on cover of book and a CD featuring additional images

This is the first ever book in English about Thai coins and ethnographic monies. It covers the time period from the earliest proto-state up to the introduction of the baht currency system.

It describes the development of Thai money through a continuous economicohistorical review with excerpts from a variety of sources, including the Sukhothai inscriptions, the Royal Chronicles of Ayutthaya, the records of individual Dutch, French and Portuguese travelers and unpublished documents from the Royal Archive. Also featured are over 1,000 specimens of the coins which have circulated in modern-day Thailand and its tributary states. Included are a selection of Thai documents from Rama IV's reign dealing with the emission of new currency, counterfeits and money reforms.

Ronachai Krisadaolarn

Vasilijs Milhailovs