happynthailand Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 is this a new or old coin? twice as thick as most 2 baht coins and seems to be made with 2 kinds of metal wife said she'd never seen one like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrybankruad Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 The 2 baht coin was introduced a few years ago with little thought being given to it IMO. Of identical design to the 1 baht and only being fractionally latger, the two coins were, and often still are easy to mix up. Shopkeepers would spend hours marking the 2 baht coin with a texter to distinguish them apart (carefull not to mark the side with the Kings head). Later many of the 2 bahts were copper coated to make them easily distingushable. Perhaps this coin of yours is another effort to make this coin easily recognised or it may be flawed. Either way somebody responsible for the distribution, recall and plating of these coins no doubt made a Mint (pun intended) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrilled Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 I don't pay attention to coins in Thailand.I just use paper money to buy things.When I pass by beggars I give them the coins.Those coins are A waste of my time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suradit69 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 The 2 baht coin was introduced a few years ago with little thought being given to it IMO. Of identical design to the 1 baht and only being fractionally latger, the two coins were, and often still are easy to mix up. Shopkeepers would spend hours marking the 2 baht coin with a texter to distinguish them apart (carefull not to mark the side with the Kings head). Later many of the 2 bahts were copper coated to make them easily distingushable. Perhaps this coin of yours is another effort to make this coin easily recognised or it may be flawed. Either way somebody responsible for the distribution, recall and plating of these coins no doubt made a Mint (pun intended) "Shopkeepers would spend hours marking the 2 baht coin with a texter to distinguish them apart ..." You must be joking. Some were marked, most were not, and no shop keeper would have had that many at any time to spend hours doing anything about it. They probably handed a marker to some kid and told him to mark the few that they found in the cash drawer. The older 2 baht coin has been in circulation for 9 years, the newer one since 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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