Thailand Lanna Kingdom Tok Nan 63.02 g 1600-1900 AD

Description

Coin details:
Title
Tok Nan
Denomination
28 ngoen / 29.300 cowry shells
Year
1600-1900
Metal
Copper core w silver/lead plating
Weight
63.02 g - 42 mm
Mintage
Unknown
Manufactured in
Nan, Lanna Kingdom
1 x Tok Nan.
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.
Rumours consider the yellow and brown substance on the obverse side to be egg yolk and chicken blood, but traces of gold makes it more likely that the colouring was achieved by applying gold leaf after production.
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