Does anyone know where in Chiang Mai I can take a bucket of unsorted Thai coins and get paper money in return?

I don't want to count and roll them, and yearn for a place with a machine that will count them.

The last time I talked to a bank they did not want to do it.

Edited August 17, 201213 yr by mesquite

The bank I go to charges 10 baht for every 100 and I still have to stack them in 10's and tape them.

I have more than 5k baht worth of 1 baht coins and would love to know also.

Any big Lotus Tescos or Big C will take them at the service counter.

Strange hobby, collecting 1 Baht coins. Let your wife/gf deal with it.

tempels are good places to dump your coins, they like it.

Strange hobby, collecting 1 Baht coins. Let your wife/gf deal with it.

Or let a neighbor kid put them in stacks n tape them for a small fee. I find most kids trustworthy. Win, win.

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No wonder every single person I talk to says that they hate coming to this sight for advice.

tolstoy, I respectfully disagree. To me, all posts useful, including yours. Many thanks to all.

Edited August 17, 201213 yr by mesquite

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No wonder every single person I talk to says that they hate coming to this sight for advice.

site not sight

Edited August 17, 201213 yr by expatmakmak

I always dump all the 1 Baht coins after they have collected for 6 months or so at Wat Chedi Luang. They have many things you can donate to; kids with HIV, hungry soi dogs, hill-tribe kids and so forth. I always see Thais dumping them there too.

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Pot call the kettle black much ? Totally disagree. More than one way to skin a cat. Yes, he wants to count n roll coins.... may not want to donate to a wat or to have a tgf/wife or neighbor kid roll them, but hey... they're ideas ! I prefer the temple donation method myself. Or just making a point to spend the coins down for a week or so every few months as the change bowl piles up. Easy enough.

And hey, having a Thai wife roll or bag them as per krengjai, is not sexist at all. Many would be thrilled to do it. Whether one reciprocates with like or equal efforts to please/take care/ remove worry from the other is what would determine if there is some lack of equanimity.

Your warmth is contagious.

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No wonder every single person I talk to says that they hate coming to this sight for advice.

Considering that you are not not the OP..........

I have more than 5k baht worth of 1 baht coins and would love to know also.

With all that money, you could by a few thousand shares of Facebook today.

David

Go to Loy Kroh, have a few beers and count them out. Easy. It's money after all.

At least you won't get hassled too much while you do it....

I have more than 5k baht worth of 1 baht coins and would love to know also.

So you have already counted out 5000 1 baht coins? Go treat yourself! If you have the time to know you have 5000 B in 1 B coins you got the time to count them out at purchase.

Lot of good ideas and one nut job. I prefer to put them all in a little tin every Friday night and my nephew who is a little bit on the slow side gets them. He never complains about the one baht coins.

I really liked elektrified's idea of donating them to Chedi Luang. I had no idea what all they do. I like to stop by every so often and talk with the monks in the little garden patio outside

I have more than 5k baht worth of 1 baht coins and would love to know also.

With all that money, you could by a few thousand shares of Facebook today.

David

Or a hefty barfine.

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No wonder every single person I talk to says that they hate coming to this sight for advice.

Considering that you are not not the OP..........

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Whenever I go out I take a handful of coins and give them to the local street beggars..............

is that kosher ?

re .. With all that money, you could by a few thousand shares of Facebook today.

very good ... very good ... made my day : )

dave2

Whenever I go out I take a handful of coins and give them to the local street beggars..............

is that kosher ?

No that is being humane.

I bet tolstoy puts this in the useless classification.

Lotus or any big super center will take them as mentioned, they prefer that you bring them in unrolled and unsorted too so they can count themselves.

I brought in 5000 baht in 1 baht coins once in 20 baht stacks taped together, and i had to untape them for counting.

This was at Lotus in BKK.

After that i started taking exact change with me wherever i shopped, and started paying for drinks and snacks at 7-11 with loose change and it saved me money in the long run, by being able to know exactly what i was spending. Shops have less of a chance at getting you when you pay in exact change also. There use to be a guy at Kad Suan Kaew 7-11 across the street that would constantly give wrong change on purpose.

Edited August 18, 201213 yr by KRS1

re .. With all that money, you could by a few thousand shares of Facebook today.

very good ... very good ... made my day : )

dave2

Don't be so eager, wait a bit longer and you will get a whole lot more of this lemon. Monthly and weekly charks are heading south.

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No wonder every single person I talk to says that they hate coming to this sight for advice.

What do the non-single people say?

Actually--there is a place, go about halfway up the Propaklao Road leaving the market end behind you and come to a cross roads--go just right and there is an official coin counting place where they have really quaint old fashioned wooden slotted devices and they sit there and put all your 1 baht, 5 baht, 50 satang pieces into these contraptions--then give you paper money--be prepared to sit around a while though.

I can't remeber the Thai name for this place but I am sure someone more knowledgable than myself can help--if the place is still there??

Its the treasury pavilion. last I heard is that the coin counting section is being transitioned to Mae Rim. They also have a coin museum/shop there for those interested.

Actually--there is a place, go about halfway up the Propaklao Road leaving the market end behind you and come to a cross roads--go just right and there is an official coin counting place where they have really quaint old fashioned wooden slotted devices and they sit there and put all your 1 baht, 5 baht, 50 satang pieces into these contraptions--then give you paper money--be prepared to sit around a while though.

I can't remeber the Thai name for this place but I am sure someone more knowledgable than myself can help--if the place is still there??

Thanks CMSteve--I knew someone would be able to help.