CS1209 (1847) 4 Tical KM-38 MS(PCGS#798269)

August 2016 Hong Kong World Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

60013

等级

AU50

价格

476,951

详细说明

Extremely Rare Double Crown of Cambodia CAMBODIA. 4 Tical, CS 1209 (1847). Udong Mint. Ang Duang (1841-59). PCGS AU-50 Secure Holder. 55 mm; 61.22 gms. KM-38; Dav-146; V.G.-4655B (this piece cited); Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin-March 1982 pg. 88/9 #1(plate coin). EXTREMELY RARE, only two known. Hamza bird left in high relief, legend around with three line inscription at center above Hamza, dated in Buddhist era, Saka era, Chula Sakarat and traditional Khmer; Reverse: Stylized rendition of Angkor Wat with five towers in high relief, inscription in doorways. Leading up to becoming a French Protectorate, Cambodia was constantly under threat from its neighbors to the east and west, Annam and Siam respectively. In 1841 while in captivity in Bangkok, Ang Duong was named King of Cambodia by Rama III at the request of various Cambodian Chieftains and in an attempt to counter the Annamese intervention. In 1847 with support from the Siamese military, King Ang Duong was able to gain sufficient control over his country and entered into a tributary treaty with both Siam and Annam. Both financially drained they withdrew their forces from Cambodia and in 1848 King Ang Duong was coronated at Udong with a traditional Cambodian ceremony surrounded by his supporters and Siamese and Annamese political advisers. Ang Duong was king until his death in 1860, he presided over 12 years of peace and did much to improve his country. King Ang Duong had a passion for everything European and mechanical and as such commissioned W.P. Hammond & Co. of Birmingham, England through Jose Almeida & Sons of Singapore to procure dies and machinery from Birmingham to produce his new coinage in European style. In 1852 through a local artisan he had a mock up design carved in Ivory of what he wished his new coins to look like and sent it to Birmingham where it was used to make an exact copy as seen in the Illustrated London News January 15, 1853. The reason for these new European style coins was not out of necessity, but rather for his fascination of all things European. When the minting equipment arrived it contained three sets of dies 1/4 Tical, 1 Tical and 4 Tical and excellent presses designed to be powered by animal. Unfortunately, no assembly instructions were included on how to setup these new machines and they sat unused. Nearly a year after the new minting equipment arrived, the king hired a Thai who had some knowledge of machinery to install them. Subsequently they were incorrectly installed so that they could only be used by hand where they could be better regulated. Ultimately, the king was unhappy with the results of these presses and ordered new equipment in mid-April 1854 from T.K. Whistler and his brother, who happened to be an agent for Jose Almeida & Sons from Ralph Heaton & Sons, Birmingham. The present example was undoubtedly produced in 1853 from the minting equipment procured from W.P Hammond with the date 1847 traditionally thought to represent King Ang Duong's ascension to the throne. However, by 1847 he had already been named king by Rama III of Siam in 1841, but had not had his coronation in Udong until 1848. The date 1847 could represent when King Ang Duong returned to his home and had taken control of his country. When searching for other examples of this extreme rarity we were able to locate more patterns struck in white metal of this series for this denomination then actual circulation issues. Though several of the patterns located were of the adopted design the circulation issues seemed to elude us. The only other example we were able to locate of a circulation strike is the one plated in the KM book which is lower grade and inaccurately re-engraved. This piece being far superior of the two known examples. Lovely organic grey toning with highlights amongst the devices. Estimate: $40,000 - $60,000. Provenance: Ex: Jerome Vandendriessche Collection. Ex: M. Etienne Bourgey Auction, "The Andre Salles Collection" July 1-2, 1929, Lot #105. PCGS AU-50 Secure Holder. 柬埔寨極為罕見的雙皇冠 1847年柬埔寨4提卡銀幣。Udong造幣廠，安東國王。 極罕見，目前僅知2枚。左側圖案高鑄，中央上方為三行銘文，帶有佛历、沙卡历、Chula Sakarat和傳統的高棉历;背面為高鑄吳哥窟五塔團，門廊帶銘文。 作為法屬保護國，柬埔寨長期受制於其東西二鄰，安南及暹羅。1841年，安東被囚禁在曼谷，當時在安南人的調停以及柬埔寨中首領的努力下，安東被拉瑪三世任命為柬埔寨國王。1847年，在暹羅軍方的支持下，國王安東掌握了主要權利，並使柬埔寨與暹羅及安南簽署附屬條約。由於財政原因，暹羅及安南撤出柬埔寨，1848年，安東被正式加冕，並任用暹羅及安南人作為政治顧問。1860年，安東薨，12年的統治讓柬埔寨煥然一新。 安東國王十分熱衷於西方歐洲技術與文化，他利用眾多先進鑄幣技術以改良本國的造幣廠。1852年，本土藝術家用象牙雕刻了錢幣模型，並於1853年呈送至伯明翰仿鑄。這些錢幣並非剛需品，並且他太熱衷於歐洲事物。當造幣設備抵達，包括3組模具，分別是1/4提卡、1提卡和4提卡，壓力極佳。但不幸的是，設備卻沒有帶說明書，導致他們無法確認如何安裝和使用，所以這些設備從未進入使用。近一年後，新設備抵達，國王聘請泰國技師前來安裝。結果安裝錯誤導致設備只能用手工進行壓鑄。顯而易見，這些用手鑄造的錢幣壓力無法令過往滿意，因此他們在1854年4月中旬再次向T.K Whistler和他的兄弟訂購了新設備。 這一枚無疑是1853年最初從W.P Hammond運送過來的一批，為了紀念1847年安东國王登基。然而，在1847年，由於他已經在1841年時被拉瑪三世封為國王，因此他直到1848年才正式登基。但是1847年，代表著安東國王回到家鄉並且掌握權力的那一年。 當在尋找極其罕見的另一枚銀幣時，我們發現該系列由百合金鑄造了很多樣幣，然後才鑄造流通幣。儘管能夠尋到樣幣的蹤跡，但是流通幣卻一直是迷。我們目前所知的另一枚流通幣在KM書中，但是分數很低，而且有重鑄痕跡。這枚的品相則遠遠高於那枚。 原始灰色包漿，圖文高亮。