Please Help Identify This Coin... | Thai 8 Baht, Copy?

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currie23 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 08/19/2010 4:14 pm Identified - moved to World Coins forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

jgfindring Rest in Peace United States 1380 Posts	Posted 08/19/2010 5:49 pm My guess, and it's only a guess, is that this is some type of gaming token, as it has no country identifier or denomination, in fact no writing at all. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 08/19/2010 6:43 pm I would agree that it's not a genuine coin, though not for the reasons that jg stated. The design is based on early Thailand coins, which don't have any lettering or denomination marks on them. However, when compared with a genuine coin, we see the design on this piece is somewhat simplified. I'd need to check the Krause listings more closely before condemning it outright, but at the moment it's not looking good. 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
Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 08/20/2010 02:45 am Found it. The 8 baht of 1863 (KM/Y# 15) looks more or less like this, though genuine coins have a much cruder elephant. This is probably a "jewellery copy" of the old coin. 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
currie23 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 09/18/2010 12:40 pm Thankyou for the responses...FYI...This coin was graded by NGC as a 1864 Thailand 8 Baht MS62. Report this Post to the Staff
zeewool Pillar of the Community 3660 Posts	Posted 09/24/2010 12:46 pm Fascinating.....$5000 in gold weight......An 'extremely' rare $10000 collector's coin......I've seen this coin in 'Fine' with much sharper details than this NGC MS-62.....1864 is also a new date for me. Must be unique, which would boost the collector value even more. And you thought that it might be a 'copy'.....what a relief 'eh ? Could you please post a photo of the NGC slab ? This is one great find. Report this Post to the Staff
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