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Siamese Gambling Token Squid
| Location | Thailand |
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| Shape | Other (Squid) |
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| Obverse description | Squid-shaped porcelain gaming token with a blue-glazed oval central field surrounded by decorative scrollwork and foliate relief devices. The lower portion features a stylized fan or shell motif with scrolled flanking elements. The overall design is characteristic of Siamese gambling house tokens produced for Chinese-run gaming establishments. |
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| Reverse description | Plain unglazed white porcelain reverse with a shallow oval sunken field containing an incised Chinese character or owner's mark in low relief at center, used to identify the issuing gambling house. |
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| Mintage | ND |
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