One ? , Unknown Foreign Coin | Thailand Baht

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JOE Valued Member United States 164 Posts	Posted 02/06/2009 10:27 pm Even though I have the krause catalog, I can't figure out where this coin is from for the life of me. I have about three coins like this that bear the "man with glasses" image on it, This one has the clearest image. Edited by Sap 02/12/2009 06:51 am Report this Post to the Staff

wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 02/06/2009 10:31 pm It's a Thai 1 baht. I can't read the year. perhaps someone else can help you with that. But, it's the current circulation one. The two older ones I have are huge Report this Post to the Staff
JOE Valued Member United States 164 Posts	Posted 02/06/2009 10:37 pm Wow, A reply in less then a minute, haha, I knew somebody would be able to solve this, Thanks! Now to fish around in my Krause catalog for my remaining Thai coins Edited by JOE 02/06/2009 10:38 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16809 Posts	Posted 02/06/2009 10:52 pm Yep, Thailand. The date is on the reverse, in the second line of Thai script, the last four "letters". In this case, it's Buddhist Era 2543, or 2000 AD. The Thai king appears on all modern Thai coins, and he's always shown wearing glasses. He's been on the throne since 1946, so he's actually quite a bit older than this portrait indicates. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 02/06/2009 11:03 pm On my banknotes list you can see him there. He's had I think 3 series of notes and 5 different portraits, and on every one he wears the same style of glasses. Report this Post to the Staff
QuickSilver Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1077 Posts	Posted 02/07/2009 08:34 am Should have gone to Specsavers! (It's a line from an ad in the UK for a chain of opticians) Obviously a big Buddy Holly fan Edited by QuickSilver 02/07/2009 08:35 am Report this Post to the Staff
livingdinasaur Pillar of the Community United States 1571 Posts	Posted 02/07/2009 11:40 pm I kmnew that coin lookled familiar! I spent a week there, many years ago, when we were invited to visit Bankok, on a good-will visit. six of iour planes went over, and my plane, ( the skippers plane), spemnt a week as "guests of the king. We were shown things that are normally forbidden, such as a view og the Palace, from 500'! Normally it is forbidden to fly over the palace, and 2500 feet over the city. The Comandanyt of the Thai Nave is a good pilot, and had never flown a seaplane, so the skipper invited him to fly one. We got the "cook's guided tour"! we couldn't spend our money, and so I didn't get any couns toi bring back. They wopuld have been "worth while', being silver, but now, aluminum, yuck! Dick Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16809 Posts	Posted 02/08/2009 02:18 am They probably wouldn't have been silver unless your visit was a very long time ago, LD. Thailand hasn't issued silver circulating coins since 1942. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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