THAILAND NAN KINGDOM ‘pig mouth” tok (17-18th century)
$160.00
THAILAND, NAN, KINGDOM, 1 tamlung tok, no date (17-18th century), Obverse: this one was bubbled out so it was shaped like a bowl,base silver, with orange lacquer on one side, 51x11mm, 62.8g, 1/2 of the bowl is missing, that’s why its called “pig mouth money.” VF
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Description
Nan is a province in northern Thailand. It was an independent kingdom from the mid-14th to 1558, when it was conquered by Burma. The Burmese were expelled in 1786. The “toks” were made, therefore, during the later years of the Burmese occupation.
Modern Thailand is the modern version of the Kingdom of Siam, which was a feudal monarchy with vassal states. Most of the vassal territory is now the independent nations of Laos and Cambodia. There were people in Thailand in paleolithic times. Organized bureaucratic political entities existed by the 4th century AD. Ethnically Thai people entered the region from the north in the 14th century. The current King is the latest in a dynasty that was established by a general who kicked out Burmese occupiers in the early 18th century.
