Salung - Siam Gambling Token
Features
| Location |
Thailand
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Utility items › Counter tokens |
| Value | 1 Salung (¼) |
| Currency | Baht / Tical (1238-1869) |
| Composition | Porcelain |
| Weight | 3.03 g |
| Size | 21.6 × 18.7 mm |
| Thickness | 5.6 mm |
| Shape | Other |
| Technique | Cast, Coloured (Pink with green highlight text and outline glaze on obverse, white text and blue glaze on reverse.) |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | 1875 |
| Number | N# 469516 |
| References | PGP# 946 David Hartill; 2022. PI Gaming Pieces: Siamese Porcelain tokens. New Generation Publishing. |
Obverse
Raised Chinese characters in green on a pink field, outlined in a raised green rim, glazed.
Script: Chinese
Lettering:
得
合
Unabridged legend: De He
Translation: Acquired Unity
Reverse
Denomination in single, raised, Chinese character on a blue glazed field.
Script: Chinese
Lettering: 銭
Unabridged legend: Qian
Translation: Salung (Quarter Baht)
Edge
Slight angle so obverse is just smaller than reverse. Even white glazed.
Comments
David Hartill: PI GAMING PIECES, Siamese Porcelain Tokens, #946
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