Tamlung Publique Deposited
A Siamese gold or silver coin, of the value of four Ticals and equivalent to the Tael (q.v.). There is a half, known as a Kroung Tamlung.
The name is also given to a crude lump of silver which is used as money in the Lao States in the northern part of Siam. These coins weigh from sixty to sixty-two grammes.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)