Thailand Tok Chiang Mai 16.4 g 1600-1900 AD Lanna Kingdom RARE small

Description

Coin details:
Title
Tok Chiang Mai
Denomination
7 ngoen / 7,300 cowry shells
Year
1600-1900
Metal
Silver with lead
Weight
16.40 grams
Mintage
Unknown
Manufactured in
Lanna Kingdom
1 x Tok Chiang Mai - 26 mm
A rare size and type of silver Tok money.
The dome of the ingot is 30% intact.
The silver alloy was melted into a circular shape and hot air was blown inside to form the hollow dome.
Rumours consider the yellow and brown substance on the obverse side to be egg yolk and chicken blood, but it is more likely that the colouring was achieved by applying tree resin after production.
In the early period cowry shells was the only means of payment in Lanna Kingdom, but during the golden age in the 15th and 16th centuries the unit ngoen was introduced.
After the fall to the Burmese, the laws of King Mengrai refers to the unit ngoen, where 21 ngoen was worth 22,000 cowry shells. 1 ngoen was 20 ratti (1 ratti is a weight unit of 1 gunja creeper seed of 0.11 g used in the first millennium) making 1 ngoen weigh 2.2-2.3 g. Generally Tok money were used to buy land and as wedding dowries.
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