Beautiful Old Pin and 1.3 oz of Sterling!

Ed-D · Apr 5, 2016

Really good hunt yesterday that included a nice sterling spoon and an old sterling pin. The back reads "Siam Sterling". Siam became Thailand in the mid-1930s, so this pre-dates that time. Eight wheats, oldest a 1919, a couple of buttons and a dollar coin.

Thanks for looking.

Carolina Tom · Apr 5, 2016

Congrats on the pin! That is really nice, and undamaged too. Best of luck to you in the field.

trapperart · Apr 5, 2016

Nice finds congrats on the silver

gunsil · Apr 5, 2016

Sweet finds, but Siam voted to officially change the name to Thailand in 1948 and it went into effect in 1949.

xr7ator · Apr 5, 2016

Heck yea! Nice finds and the dollar coin darn near makes up for a silver dime. Grats to ya and thanks for sharing. HH ALL

Steve in PA · Apr 5, 2016

That is a really SWEET pin!

TRanegar36 · Apr 5, 2016

1.3 oz. - Very Nice!

ScubaDetector · Apr 5, 2016

Beautiful pin. Congrats

That is only the second piece of Siam silver I have seen. The first one I found in a lake. It is a sterling Zippo lighter case.

Old Dude · Apr 5, 2016

Super nice pin Ed. I have never found a silver spoon, so I like that too :icon_thumright:

Ed-D · Apr 5, 2016

Old Dude said:
Super nice pin Ed. I have never found a silver spoon, so I like that too

That was my first silver spoon. Lots of silver plate, but this one was a first so I was pretty pumped.

Ed-D · Apr 5, 2016

gunsil said:
Sweet finds, but Siam voted to officially change the name to Thailand in 1948 and it went into effect in 1949.

Ok. I just got the info from Wikipedia which states "In 1939, the name of the kingdom, "Siam", was changed to "Thailand"."

gunsil · Apr 6, 2016

xr7ator said:
Heck yea! Nice finds and the dollar coin darn near makes up for a silver dime. Grats to ya and thanks for sharing. HH ALL

Wiki is not a reliable source of fact, and they give two dates, one being 1949. Scroll down one or two to historytoday and you will see that the government voted to change the name in 1948. I am also sure that the name Siam was used on exported and tourist goods for years after. My aunt went there in 1956 or 57 and returned with items she had purchased there that said Siam on them.