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  ngun lahd (ngun nahm hok nahm sahm)

 

Thailand

These elongated and narrow shaped pieces of brass and bronze are a kind of ancient money known as nahm hok nahm sahm, i.e. a type of ngun lahd, which is nicknamed ngun reua, i.e. ‘boat money’, for its shape. It was used by peoples that inhabited the Mae Khong region.

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