Getting a coin appraised?

[HansBlinkers]

I have an old Thai coin and I was today that if it's an original coin it could be worth a lot of money. It's a Rama V silver 1 baht coin with 3 elephants on the reverse side.

I'm very skeptical but now I want to get it checked anyway.

Where can I take it to be appraised?

Thanks in advance

[Tywais]

Does it look like any of these? Don't know where to appraise but maybe these will give you an idea.

http://www.ma-shops.com/kaczynski/item.php5?id=714&lang=en

http://www.ma-shops.com/stadler/item.php5?id=130108004&lang=en

1916

Can look through here also - http://www.coinarchives.com/w/results.php?search=thailand

Just saw this one which does have a high value - CoinArchives

[HansBlinkers]

It's the coin on your 4th link. The first 2 are RAMA 6.

This coin;

http://www.nanadezign.com/product/65/เหียญ--5--ศ-127-หนึงบาท-สยามัฐ-ช้างสามเศียร

I've been told there's many fakes.

Edited May 26, 2015 by HansBlinkers

[uptheos]

It's the coin on your 4th link. The first 2 are RAMA 6.

This coin;

http://www.nanadezign.com/product/65/เหียญ--5--ศ-127-หนึงบาท-สยามัฐ-ช้างสามเศียร

I've been told there's many fakes.

I hope it's genuine, I like to hear of such stories.

If that coin has a high value it's the sort of thing that would attract Thai's to faking it, but let's hope not.

[chingmai331]

My eyes are going shot. I read the headline as 'Getting a colon appraised'.

[elektrified]

How about asking at the coin museum if they know anything about it? I bought a couple of old coins there for my kid and they seemed very knowledgeable.

P.S. nice find!

Edited May 27, 2015 by elektrified

[HansBlinkers]

How about asking at the coin museum if they know anything about it? I bought a couple of old coins there for my kid and they seemed very knowledgeable.

P.S. nice find!

Where is the coin museum?

[elektrified]

How about asking at the coin museum if they know anything about it? I bought a couple of old coins there for my kid and they seemed very knowledgeable.

P.S. nice find!

Where is the coin museum?

http://a.northernthailand.com/chiangmai-museums-art-a-antiques/museums-in-chiang-mai/63-coin-museum.html

On the road where the Sunday night market is. Coming from Pratu Taphae, it's on the right side. I can't recall how far, but a good way down.

[Beetlejuice]

To be perfectly honest, I doubt if you will be successful in having your coin authenticated and valued in Thailand. Most of the reputable coin experts and dealers seem to be abroad.

If you have trusted family and friends in your home country, I suggest sending the coin to them to see if they can get it valued for you?

One major point of vital importance, that if the coin has been unprofessionally cleaned or you have cleaned it in the past, than the value has probably been wiped off it. Also, if the said coin has been purchased from a stall somewhere or from sellers in the Night Bazaar, than the odds are it`s a fake.